[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) › 2.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.1) rātrir eva ahan juhoty aho rātrau / > Night offers itself into day, day into night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.2) prāṇa eva apāne juhoty apānaḥ prāṇe / > Prāṇa offers itself into apāna, apāna into prāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.3) tāni vā etāni ṣaḍ juhvaty anyonya ātmānam / (agnihotra) > These six indeed offer themselves into one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.4) sa ya etāni ṣaḍ juhvati veda / > He who knows these six that offer themselves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.5) ajuhvata eva asya agnihotram hutam bhavati / > even if he does not offer, his Agnihotra is offered; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.6) juhvata eva asya dvir hutam bhavati ya evam eva / > and if he offers, it is offered twice for him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.7) sa yadi ha vā api suruśād evam vidvān agnihotram juhoti / (agnihotra) > Even if one knowing thus offers the Agnihotra from a distance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.8) prati ha eva asya ete devā āhutī gṛhṇanti / > these gods indeed accept his two oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.9) yasyo ha vā api devāḥ sakṛd aśnanti / (agnihotra) > And from whomever the gods eat even once, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.10) tata eva so amṛtaḥ / > from that very moment he is immortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.11) satyamayo ha vā amṛtamayaḥ sambhavati ya evam veda / (agnihotra) > He becomes composed of truth and composed of immortality, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.12) tad yathā ha vai śraddhād.(.eva asya.).satya vādinas tapasvino hutam bhavati / > Just as the offering of one who has faith, speaks truth, and practices austerity is truly offered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.13) evam ha eva asya hutam bhavati / (agnihotra) > so indeed is it offered for him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.14) ya evam vidvān agnihotram juhoti / > who offers the Agnihotra knowing thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.15) tasmād evaṃvid agnihotram juhuyād iti / > Therefore one who knows thus should offer the Agnihotra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7.16) udite hotavyam anudita iti mīmāṃsante / (agnihotra) > They deliberate: "Should the offering be made after sunrise or before sunrise?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > ii. 9. ‘Should the offering be made when the sun has risen, or before it is risen?’ they debate. He who offers when the sun has risen thus offers hospitality to the great god when gone on a journey. He who offers when the sun has not risen, thus offers hospitality to the great god when close at hand. Therefore the offering should be made when the sun has not risen. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.2.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.2.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.7) · Pramāṇa