[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) › 21.2.23 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.2.23 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.2.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.2.23) candramasam devam devatānām / > fourth day: ‘Born without steed, without reins, worthy of praise’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ is (the hymn) to the All-gods, containing (the word) ‘born’ in ‘Having caused the sacrifice to be born they wipe their bodies’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘To Vaiçvānara with broad radiance bards’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara, containing (the word) ‘hither’ in ‘In him the sacrificer looks hither for favour’; that which contains (the word) ‘hither’ is a symbol of the fourth day as an opening ceremony, for the fourth day is a repetition of the opening ceremony. In ‘Born thou didst fill the worlds, the two firmaments’, it contains (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Those that shine forth, like women, the racers’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘He hath been born, guardian of men, wakeful’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. Food with the fourth day they obtain, the moon the god, the quarters the supreme essence of the deities; the ear they confer upon themselves. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 21.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.2.22) - [Next: 21.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.2.24) - [Up: 21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.2) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.21.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.21.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.2.23) · Pramāṇa