[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) › 19.6.20 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.6.20 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 19.6.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.6.20) saṃvat tat saṃvatsaram abhivadati / (soma: gavāmayana) > may he instigate’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘They two, sky and earth, all weal producing’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Force to be glorified may ye together instigate for us’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘Why hath the best, why hath the youngest come to us?’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus; ‘Thus in the year to-day did ye discern’ (it contains); thus openly he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘The charioteer of the sacrifice, the lord of the folk’ is the Vaiçvadeva hymn of Çaryāta; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together have Indra, Mitra, and Varuṇa pondered’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘To Vaiçvānara the praise, increasing holy order’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘With skill, as (a carpenter’s) axe a car, he brings together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘To the strong host, majestic, pious’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together I adorn the words, powerful in the assemblies’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘With the sacrifice make to increase the All-knower’ is (the hymn) for Jātavedas; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together giving riches shine among us’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of the day. These are the Āgnimāruta hymns; these are the hymns of this day. So the day is either an Agniṣṭoma or an Ukthya; ‘an Agniṣṭoma is it’ is the view of Pāiṅgya, ‘an Ukthya is it’ is the view of Kauṣītaki. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 19.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.6.19) - [Next: 19.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.6.21) - [Up: 19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.6) ## 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.p17) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.19.6.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.6.20) · Pramāṇa