[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) › 21.6.21 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.6.21 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.6.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.21) sāhasrāḥ paśavaḥ / > second day, for they go by it; the Āyus as the third day, for they move by it. The first and last days are Agniṣṭomas, in the middle are four Ukthyas; the Agniṣṭoma is the holy power; the Ukthyas are cattle; verily thus by the holy power having surrounded cattle on both sides they confer them upon themselves. Of these four Ukthyas there are a thousand verses in the Stotras; cattle are connected with a thousand; a thousandfold prosperity he obtains who knows thus. Hence they perform sets of four Abhiplavas, ending with a Pṛṣṭhya; the Abhiplavas are cattle; the Pṛṣṭhyas are prosperity; verily thus having encompassed prosperity on both sides with cattle they confer it upon themselves. From the Viçvajit they perform sets of four Abhiplavas beginning with a Pṛṣṭhya; the Abhiplavas are prosperity; the Pṛṣṭhyas are cattle; verily thus with prosperity having encompassed cattle on both sides they confer them upon themselves. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 21.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.20) - [Next: 21.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.22) - [Up: 21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.21.6.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.21) · Pramāṇa