[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) › 21.6.8 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.6.8 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.6.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.8) jyotiḥ prathamam ahar upayanti / > xxi. 5. They say 'Why are (the litanies) for the All-gods expanded, and not those for one deity or for two deities?' No exhaustion arises through that for one deity or that for two deities, but exhaustion does arise through that for the All-gods; therefore those for the All-gods only are expanded, to secure the might of these days, to prevent exhaustion of the Abhiplavas. They perform the Jyotis as the first day, with the symbol of the one day (rite), for the one day (rite) is the light of the other days; the Go as the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 21.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.7) - [Next: 21.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.9) - [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.p10) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.21.6.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.21.6.8) · Pramāṇa