[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) › 19.4.11 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.4.11 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 19.4.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.4.11) tad yad devikābhyo havīṃṣi nirvapanti / (soma: gavāmayana) > xix. 7. Following on the cake for the victim in the Anūbandhyā rite, they offer the oblations to the minor deities. The metres of him who offers the Soma sacrifice become exhausted; the minor deities are the metres; in that they offer oblations to the minor deities, thus (his metres) become unexhausted and fresh. The metres of him who offers the Soma sacrifice lose their sap; the minor deities are the metres; in that they offer oblations to the minor deities, verily (it serves) to confer sap on the metres. Now these are deities (\_devī\_) and Prajāpati is Ka; therefore are they minor deities (\_devikā\_). There are five oblations; the Paṅkti has five Padas; the sacrifice is fivefold; verily (it serves) to obtain the sacrifice. Here some offer oblations to the female deities, (thinking) ‘The fire piling is all; by all all let us obtain.’ There are ten oblations; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (verily it serves) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. Here some perform the offerings to appease the quarters, (thinking) ‘The fire piling is all; by all all let us obtain.’ There are six oblations; the year has six seasons; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. When the concluding rite has been completed, he should sacrifice with a milk mess to Mitra and Varuṇa; the explanation of this has been given. ‘No piler of the fire should indulge in sexual union without having offered this sacrifice,’ (they say). > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 19.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.4.10) - [Next: 19.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.4.12) - [Up: 19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.4) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.19.p13) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.19.4.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.4.11) · Pramāṇa