[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) › 20.4.6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.4.6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 20.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.4.6) vṛṣā vā indraḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > been given. ‘My work hath been stretched, now is it stretched again’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus, containing the word ‘up’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘I hail the gods, of great fame, for security’ is (the hymn) to the All-gods, containing the word ‘up’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘The might of the swift, strong, ruddy one’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara, containing (the word) ‘strong’; Indra is strong, the Triṣṭubh is strong; therefore it contains ‘strong’. ‘To the strong host, majestic, pious’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; the explanation of this has been given. ‘By the sacrifice make to increase the All-knower’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas containing ‘up’ in ‘Kindled, well fed, hero of heaven’; the explanation of this has been given. The world of the atmosphere with the second day they obtain, Indra the god, force the supreme essence of the deities; they confer breath upon themselves. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 20.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.4.5) - [Next: 20.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.4.7) - [Up: 20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.4) ## 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.p7) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.20.4.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.4.6) · Pramāṇa