[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) › 18.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 18.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.1) pro tv eva āśvinasya vibhūtir iti diśyate / > Moreover, the extensive abundance of the Āśvina \[recitation\] is proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.2) eṣa āgneyaḥ kratuḥ / > This is the section to Agni; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.3) āgneyād eva ṛtor na niścyaveta / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > he should not depart from the proper season of Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.4) atha yady āgneyam kratum purā kālāt samatīyāt / > Now, if he should finish the section to Agni before the time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.5) āśvinam anu yat kiṃca dvidevatyam ṛkṣu tad anuvartayet / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > he should pursue in the verses whatever is addressed to dual divinities after the Āśvina; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.6) saurye kratau pāvamānīr yathāc chandasam / > in the section to Sūrya, the Pavamāna verses according to their metre: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.7) gāyatrīr gāyatre triṣṭubhas traiṣṭubhe jagatīr jāgate / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > Gāyatrīs in the Gāyatrī section, Triṣṭubhs in the Triṣṭubh, Jagatīs in the Jagatī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.8) sarvam sūrya nyaṅgam sauryasya āyatane / > everything having a characteristic mark of Sūrya in the place of the section to Sūrya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.9) sarvān aindrān pragāthān pragāthasya āyatane / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > \[He inserts\] all the Pragāthas addressed to Indra in the place of the Pragātha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.10) sarvam dyāvā pṛthivīyam dyāvā pṛthivīyasya āyatane / > all addressed to Dyāvāpṛthivī in the place of that addressed to Dyāvāpṛthivī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.11) sarvā dvipadā dvipadāyā āyatane / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > all Dvipadā verses in the place of the Dvipadā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.12) sarvam bārhaspatyam purastāt paridhānīyāyai / > \[and\] all addressed to Bṛhaspati before the concluding verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.13) etad vai kiṃcid iva ṛcām na pradiśyate / > This indeed is that \[recitation\], as it were, of which not \[a single category\] of verses is omitted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.14) atha vai cakrīvad āśvinam / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > Now, indeed, the Aśvina \[recitation\] has wheels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xviii. 4. The Āçvina is like (a wagon) with wheels; the two Ālambanas are the wheels, the aimless verses the axle, (the verse ) ‘Hither your chariot, O Açvins, with the speed of the falcon’ the seat; the four Agastya hymns the yokes. This is the chariot of the gods. With this chariot of the gods he attains in safety the world of heaven. (The Çastra) should include the Suparṇa; the Suparṇa is a bird; like it becoming a winged one, a bird, so he attains in safety the world of heaven. Twice he utters the call for the Āçvina, for the introduction and for the concluding verse; that is as when one, not being covered, makes a covering by an obstruction. Now comes the question of the conclusion. Whenever the sun creeps over on to the front (of the oblation holder), whenever the Hotṛ himself can discern it, > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [18.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.15) ālambadhe cakre akūdhrīcyo akṣaḥ / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > The two wheels are attached; the axle is straight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.16) ā vām ratho aśvinā śyenapatvā iti sa uddhiḥ / > 'Your chariot, O Aśvins, flying like a falcon'—that is the chariot frame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.17) atha catvāry āgastyāni yuktāni / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > Then the four verses of Agastya are harnessed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.18) sa eṣa deva rathaḥ / > This is the chariot of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.19) sa etena deva rathena svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute / > By this chariot of the gods, he safely reaches the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.20) sasuparṇam syāt / > It should have a bird (suparṇa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.21) vayo vai suparṇaḥ / > A bird, indeed, is the suparṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.22) tad yathā pakṣi vayo bhūtvā evam tat svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute / > Thus, just as having become a winged bird, so does he safely reach the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.23) dvir eva āśvināya āhvayete pratipade ca eva paridhānīyāyai ca / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > Twice only do they summon for the Aśvina \[recitation\]: for the opening verse and for the concluding verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3.24) tad yathā pratighātena aniveṣṭyamāno dhāvayed evam tat / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > That is just as one might drive without turning back because of an obstacle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.18.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.18.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.3) · Pramāṇa