[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) › 20.2.31 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.2.31 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 20.2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.2.31) agnim devam devatānām / > the first day. This world they move up to with the first day, Agni the god, the name the supreme essence of the deities; they confer speech upon themselves. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 20.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.2.30) - [Next: 20.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.2.32) - [Up: 20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.2) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.20.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.20.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.2.31) · Pramāṇa