[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) › 23.11.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.11.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.11.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.11.7) abhivān anuvaras tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > xxiii. 8. 'To the god Savitṛ in the bowls, the sage', with this (verse) in a metre beyond the normal he begins the Vaiçvadeva; the sixth day is connected with a metre beyond the normal; the metre beyond the normal thus attains the third pressing. Moreover the sixth day is connected with Prajāpati; Prajāpati is beyond the normal metre; this is a symbol of Prajāpati. The antistrophe contains (the word) 'towards'; the explanation of this has been given. 'Up this god Savitṛ for instigation' is (the hymn) > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 23.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.11.6) - [Next: 23.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.11.8) - [Up: 23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.11) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.23.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.11.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.11.7) · Pramāṇa