[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) › 22.3.1 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 22.3.1 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 22.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [22.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.22.3.1) dvitīyam ahar antarikṣa loka āyatanena / > xxii. 2. The second day is the world of the atmosphere in its abode, Indra, the Triṣṭubh, the Pañcadaça Stoma, the Bṛhat Sāman, the basis by Tanva. It has the following symbols in its verses: the present tense with the god mentioned in the middle Pada—the present is what is before the eyes, but not tangible—(the word) ‘deities’, (the word) ‘thunderbolt’, (the word) ‘slaying Vṛtra’, (the word) ‘strong’, (the word) ‘apart’, (the words) ‘stand’, ‘him’, and ‘thou’. ‘Agni we choose as envoy’ is the Ājya, containing the word ‘apart’ in ‘The Hotṛ of all knowledge’; the explanation of this has been given. It is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the morning pressing. So in the transposed form. Taking out that, ‘For thou hast a glory of rule’ is used in the conjunct form; the explanation of this has been given. The Praüga is by Gṛtsamada; the explanation of this has been given. ‘O Indra, drink this Soma, O lord of the Soma’ is the Marutvatīya, containing (the word) ‘thunderbolt’ in ‘At the midday pressing, O thou with the thunderbolt in thy hand’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘Thy nearest, farthest, help’ is the Niṣkevalya, containing (the word) ‘slaying Vṛtra’ in ‘With these thou hast helped us in slaying Vṛtra’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘That desirable greatness of Savitṛ, the god’ is (the hymn) to Savitṛ, containing ‘Three times the atmosphere Savitṛ with his greatness’; this is openly the symbol of the atmosphere. ‘They two, sky and earth, all weal producing’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth, containing (the word) ‘apart’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘They have wrought the car well covered, skilled workers’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus, containing (the word) ‘strong’ in ‘They have wrought the two steeds, that bear Indra, strong in riches’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘The > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 22.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.22.2.25) - [Next: 22.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.22.3.2) - [Up: 22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.22.3) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.22.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.22.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.22.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.22.3.1) · Pramāṇa