[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) › 21.1.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.1.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.1.7) gām caturtham ahar upayanti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > xxi. 2. They perform the Go as the fourth day; the symbols in its verses are those of the fourth day. ‘The Hotṛ is born, the wise’ is the Ājya, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. The Praüga is by Medhātithi; as the Bṛhat Sāman was created, the Praüga by Medhātithi was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Thou hast been born dread, for impetuous strength’ is the Marutvatīya, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘He hath been born dread for strength, possessed of will’ is the Niṣkevalya, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘That desirable greatness of the god Savitṛ’ is (the hymn) to Savitṛ, containing (the word) ‘born’ in ‘Savitṛ hath made to be born the hymn of good will’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘They two, sky and earth, all weal producing’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth, containing (the word) ‘born’ in ‘Between the two presses of noble birth he goeth’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 21.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.1.6) - [Next: 21.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.1.8) - [Up: 21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.21.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.21.1.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.1.7) · Pramāṇa