[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) › 2.9.16 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.9.16 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 2.9.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.16) tad vai khalu yadā eva kadācana juhuyāt / > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.15) - [Next: 2.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.17) - [Up: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.2.p16) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.2.9.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.16) · Pramāṇa