[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) › 18.9.14 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.9.14 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 18.9.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.9.14) balam vai vīryam triṣṭup / > xviii. 13. If the victim is a cow, (it is because) Mitra and Varuṇa are praised with the cow; therefore the victim is a cow. The offering verse for the omentum is ‘Ye two are clothed in garments of fatness’; ‘fatness’ is the symbol of the fat of the omentum. That of the cake is ‘What is most abundant, not to be pierced, O ye rich in dew’; ‘most abundant’, (he says), for the cake is abundant as it were. ‘Do ye stretch forth your arms for life for us’ is that of the oblation; ‘arms’ is the symbol of the members of the oblation. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 18.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.9.13) - [Next: 18.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.9.15) - [Up: 18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.9) ## 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.p25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.18.9.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.9.14) · Pramāṇa