[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) › 18.7.12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.7.12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 18.7.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.7.12) te yasyām diśy āpo bhavanti tām diśam abhyāvṛtya caranti / > xviii. 10. Turning to the region in which are the waters, they proceed (with the rite); it is the eastern quarter in which the deities are. He offers four fore-offerings, omitting that for the strew; that for the strew he omits, for the strew is not strewn here. The butter portions contain a reference to the slaying of Vṛtra, for the slaying of evil; moreover, thus he does not depart from the model of the full moon sacrifice. Some make them contain (the words) ‘in the waters’, but the rule is that they should refer to the slaying of Vṛtra. In that he sacrifices to Varuṇa in the waters, verily thus he delights him in his own abode. In that he sacrifices to Agni and Varuṇa, therein Agni becomes a sharer in all the oblations. He offers two after-offerings, omitting that for the strew; he leaves out that for the strew, (thinking) ‘The strew is offspring; let me not cast offspring into the waters.’ There are a hundred and one fore-offerings and after-offerings; man has a hundred (years of) life, has a hundred joints, has a hundred strengths, has a hundred powers; the hundred and first is the body. This is the way of the Aṅgirases; he sets out by this way, he obtains identity of world and union with the Aṅgirases. The six or eight vaṣaṭ calls are the way of the Ādityas; he sets out by this way, he obtains identity of world and union with the Ādityas. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 18.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.7.11) - [Next: 18.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.7.13) - [Up: 18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.7) ## 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.p21) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.18.7.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.7.12) · Pramāṇa