[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) › 20.6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 20.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.1) ud u ṣya devaḥ savitā hiraṇyayā iti sāvitram / > "Up indeed that god Savitṛ with golden \[arms\]" is \[the hymn\] to Savitṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.2) ghṛtena pāṇī abhi pruṣṇute makha iti ghṛtavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "With ghee the worthy one sprinkles his two hands" contains the word 'ghee' (ghṛta). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.3) bahu devatyam vai ghṛtam / > Ghee indeed belongs to many deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.4) bahudevatyam tṛtīyam ahaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > The third day belongs to many deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.5) tasmād ghṛtavat / > Therefore it contains \[the word\] ‘ghee’. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.6) ghṛtena dyāvā pṛthivī abhīvṛte..iti dyāvā pṛthivīyam ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > ‘With ghee, heaven and earth are covered’ is addressed to Dyāvāpṛthivī, containing \[the word\] ‘ghee’. Its Brāhmaṇa has \[already\] been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.7) takṣan ratham suvṛtam vidmanā apasa ity ārbhavam / > ‘They fashioned the well-rolling chariot by skill, skilful in work’ is addressed to the Ṛbhus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.8) takṣan harī indra vāhā vṛṣaṇ vasū iti ninartiḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > ‘They fashioned the two bay steeds carrying Indra, the bull, possessing goods’ contains a dancing-measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.9) antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ / > The third day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.10) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / > Having reached the end, as it were, one dances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.11) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > For whither would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.12) ā no bhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvata iti vaiśvadevam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > ‘May auspicious intentions come to us from all sides’ is addressed to the Viśvedevas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.13) aprāyuvo rakṣitāro dived iva iti ninartiḥ / > ‘Unwearied guardians day by day’ contains a dancing-measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.14) antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > The third day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.15) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / > Having reached the end, as it were, one dances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.16) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > For whither would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.17) vaiśvānarāya dhiṣaṇām ṛtā vṛdha iti vaiśvānarīyam / > ‘To Vaiśvānara, offering, increaser of cosmic order’ is addressed to Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.18) ghṛtam na pūtam agnaye janām asi iti ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > ‘Ghee purified we produce for Agni’ contains \[the word\] ‘ghee’. Its Brāhmaṇa has \[already\] been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.19) ā rudrāsa indravantaḥ sajoṣasa iti mārutam / > ‘Come, O Rudras, accompanied by Indra, united’ is addressed to the Maruts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.20) tṛṣṇaje na diva utsā udanyava iti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > ‘Like springs of heaven, seeking water for the thirsty’ \[is the verse\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.21) diva iti tad amuṣya lokasya rūpam / > ‘Of heaven’—that is the form of yonder world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.22) tvām agna ṛtāyavaḥ samīdhira iti jātavedasīyam / (abhiplava sadaha) > ‘Thee, O Agni, righteous men have kindled’ is addressed to Jātavedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.23) tvām tvām iti saprabhṛti / > ‘Thee, thee’—it has a repeated beginning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.24) yathā vai sodarkam evam saprabhṛty anta rūpam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Just as that which has an end-verse, so that which has a repeated beginning is the form of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.25) amuṃl lokam tṛtīyena ahnā āpnuvanti / > They attain yonder world by means of the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.26) ādityam devam devatānām / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > The sun, the deity among the deities— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6.27) rūpam adhibhūtam cakṣur ātman dadhate cakṣur ātman dadhate / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > form, over entities; they place sight in themselves, they place sight in themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.20.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.6) · Pramāṇa