[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) › 2.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.1) annād eva te sarve jāyante / > they are all born from food alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.2) te devā abruvan / > The gods said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.3) katham nv imān vayam ānandān asmādṛśasya eva pratigṛhṇīyāma iti / (agnihotra) > "How now can we receive these pleasures from one like us?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.4) te apām ūrdhvam rasam udauhan / > They pressed out the upward essence of the waters; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.5) tā oṣadhayaś ca vanaspatayaś ca samabhavan / > that became the plants and trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.6) oṣadhīnām ca vanaspatīnām ca ūrdhvam rasam udauhan / > They pressed out the upward essence of the plants and trees; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.7) tat phalam abhavat / (agnihotra) > that became the fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.8) phalasya ūrdhvam rasam udauhan / > They pressed out the upward essence of the fruit; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.9) tad annam abhavat / > that became food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.10) annasya ūrdhvam rasam udauhan / > They pressed out the upward essence of food; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.11) tad reto abhavat / (agnihotra) > that became semen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.12) retasa ūrdhvam rasam udauhan / > They pressed out the upward essence of semen; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.13) sa puruṣo abhavat / > that became the person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.14) so ayam puruṣo yat prāṇiti vā apāniti vā / (agnihotra) > Now, when this person breathes in or breathes out, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.15) na tat prāṇena na anāpena āha iti prāṇiṣam vā apāniṣam vā iti / > he does not say by in-breath or by down-breath: "I have breathed in" or "I have breathed out." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.16) vācā eva tad āha / (agnihotra) > By speech alone he says that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.17) tat prāṇa avānau vācam apīto vānmayau bhavataḥ / > Therefore in-breath and down-breath enter into speech \[and\] become composed of speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.18) atha yac cakṣuṣā paśyati / (agnihotra) > Now, when he sees with the eye, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.19) na tac cakṣuṣā āha ity adrākṣam iti / > he does not say with the eye: "I have seen." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.20) vācā eva tad āha / > By speech alone he says that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.21) tac cakṣur vāacam apyeti vānmayam bhavati / (agnihotra) > That eye enters into speech \[and\] becomes composed of speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.22) atha yat śrotreṇa śṛṇoti / > Now, when he hears with the ear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.23) na tat śrotreṇa āha ity aśrauṣam iti / > he does not say with the ear: "I have heard." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.24) vācā eva tad āha / (agnihotra) > By speech alone he says that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.25) tat śrotram vācam apyeti vānmayam bhavati / > That ear enters into speech \[and\] becomes composed of speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.26) atha yan manasā saṃkalpayate / > Now, when he intends with the mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.27) na tan manasā āha iti samacīkḷpam iti / (agnihotra) > he does not say with the mind: "I have intended." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.28) vācā eva tad āha / > By speech alone he says that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.29) tan mano vācam apyeti vānmayam bhavati / > That mind enters into speech \[and\] becomes composed of speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.30) atha yad aṅgaiḥ suśīmam vā duhśīmam vā spṛśati / (agnihotra) > Now, when with his limbs he touches cold or hot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.31) na tad aṅgair āha iti suśīmam vā duhśīmam vā asprākṣam iti / > he does not say with his limbs: "I have touched cold" or "\[I have touched\] hot." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.32) vācā eva tad āha / (agnihotra) > By speech alone he says that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.33) tat sarva ātmā vācam apyeti vānmayo bhavati / > Therefore the entire self enters into speech \[and\] becomes composed of speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.34) tad etad ṛcā abhyuditam / (agnihotra) > This is expressed by a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.35) na indrād ṛte pavate dhāma kiṃcana iti / > "Without Indra no domain whatsoever purifies itself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.36) vāg vā indraḥ / > Speech indeed is Indra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5.37) na hy ṛte vācaḥ pavate dhāma kiṃcana / (agnihotra) > for without speech no domain whatsoever purifies itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.2.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.5) · Pramāṇa