[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) › 21.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.1) tad devasya savitur vāryam mahad iti sāvitram / > "May we attain that desirable great \[glory\] of the god Savitṛ" is the Sāvitra hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.2) divo dhartā bhuvanasya prajāpatir iti / > "Upholder of heaven, Prajāpati of the world"— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.3) diva iti tad amuṣya lokasya rūpam / > "of heaven" is the form of yonder world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.4) ghṛtena dyāvā pṛthivī abhivṛte iti dyāvā pṛthivīyam ghṛtavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "With ghee Heaven and Earth are covered" is the Dyāvāpṛthivīya hymn containing \[the word\] "ghee". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.5) sarva devatyam vai ghṛtam / > Ghee belongs to all the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.6) sarva devatyam ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / > the sixth day belongs to all the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.7) tasmād ghṛtavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > therefore it contains \[the word\] "ghee". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.8) kim u śreṣṭhaḥ kim yaviṣṭho na ājagann ity ārbhavam / > "Has the eldest, has the youngest not come?" is the Ārbhava hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.9) śreṣṭho yaviṣṭha iti ninartiḥ / > "The eldest, the youngest" is a dancing \[cadence\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.10) antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > The sixth day is an end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.11) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / > Having reached the end, as it were, one dances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.12) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > for whither should one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.13) abudhram u tya indravanto agnaya iti vaiśvadevam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "These fires, accompanied by Indra, have awakened" is the Vaiśvadeva hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.14) tasya tad eva anta rūpam yat sodarkam / > Its end-form is just this: that it has an udarka refrain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.15) vaiśvānarāya dhiṣaṇām ṛtā vṛdha iti vaiśvānarīyam / > "A hymn for Vaiśvānara, increaser of cosmic order" is the Vaiśvānarīya hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.16) ghṛtam na pūtam agnaye janām asi iti ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "Like clarified ghee for Agni we produce \[praise\]" contains \[the word\] "ghee"; its Brāhmaṇa has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.17) dhārāvarā maruto dhṛṣṇv ojasa iti mārutam / > "The Maruts, best with streams, of bold strength" is the Māruta hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.18) dhārāvarā iti ninartiḥ / > "Best with streams" is a dancing \[cadence\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.19) antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / > The sixth day is an end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.20) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / > Having reached the end, as it were, one dances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.21) kardyan hi tata iyāt / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > for whither should one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.22) tvam agne dyubhis tvam āśuśukṣaṇir iti jātavedasīyam / > "You, Agni, with days, you desirous of burning" is the Jātavedasīya hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.23) tvam tvam iti saprabhṛti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "You, you" is with an initial repetition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.24) yathā vai sodarkam evam saprahṛty anta rūpam / > Just as having an udarka refrain \[is an end-form\], so having an initial repetition is an end-form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.25) apaḥ ṣaṣṭhena ahnā āpnuvanti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Through the sixth day they attain the waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.26) prajāpatim devam devatānām / > Prajāpati, the god of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5.27) tejo adhibhūtam amṛtam ātman dadhate / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > They place fiery splendour, supremacy, \[and\] immortality in themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.21.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śākala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*sakala.2.34.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.5) · Pramāṇa