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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.4.11

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.4.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.4.11)

mahān indro nṛvadā carṣaṇiprā iti marutvatīyam /

> xxi. 4. They perform the Jyotis as the sixth day; the symbols in its verses are those of the sixth day. ‘O friends, together the seemly’ is the Ājya; ‘O friends’ is the symbol of all; the sixth day has the symbol all; therefore in ‘O friends’ he refers to all. The Praüga is one to be gathered together; when the Bṛhat Sāman was created, the Praüga which is to be gathered together 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. ‘Great is Indra, manlike, spreading over mortals’ is the Marutvatīya; there is repetition in ‘He hath become broad, wide,  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

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## 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.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
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