[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) › 23.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.1) hiraṇya pāṇim ūtaya ity ūtimān anucaras tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > 'Golden-handed for help' (RV 1.22.5) is an anucara verse containing ūti; its brāhmaṇa has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.2) ūtaya ity ūtimat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > By the word 'for help' (ūtaye), it contains ūti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.3) ūtimad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing ūti is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.4) ā devo yātu savitā suratnaḥ pra dyāvā yajñaiḥ pṛthivī namobhiḥ pra ṛbhubhyo dūtam iva vācam iṣye pra śukra etu devī manīṣā iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > 'May the divine Savitṛ come with goodly treasure' (RV 1.35.1), 'Forward, with sacrifices, Heaven and Earth with obeisance' (RV 7.53.1), 'Forward, as a messenger to the Ṛbhus, I send speech' (RV 4.33.1), 'Forward may the bright, divine thought go' (RV 7.88.1)— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.5) ā iti vā vai pra iti vā prāyaṇīya rūpam / > \[hymns with\] 'hither' (ā) or 'forward' (pra) have the form of the opening \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.6) tasmād āvanti ca pravanti ca caturthe ahant sūktāni śasyante prāyaṇīya rūpeṇa / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Therefore hymns with ā and hymns with pra are recited on the fourth day with the form of the opening \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.7) punaḥ prāyaṇīyam hi caturtham ahaḥ / > For the fourth day is a repetition of the opening day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.8) dvipadāḥ śasyante / > Two-footed verses are recited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.9) dvipād vā abhikramitum arhati / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > A two-footed one is indeed able to step forward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.10) abhikrāntyai tad rūpam / > That form is for stepping forward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.11) tad yathā uparayāya svargasya lokasya nedīyastāyām vased evam tat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Just as one would dwell in closer proximity above the heavenly world, so is that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.12) pra saṃrājo asurasya praśastim iti vaiśvānarīyam / > 'Forward the praise of the universal ruler, the Asura' (RV 7.6.1) is \[the hymn\] to Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.13) saṃrāja iti saṃrāḍvat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > By the word 'universal ruler' (saṃrāj), it contains saṃrāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.14) saṃrāḍvad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing saṃrāj is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.15) ka īm vyaktā naraḥ sanīḍā iti mārutam / > 'Who are these men of distinct appearance, of the same dwelling?' (RV 7.56.1) is \[the hymn\] to the Maruts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.16) tasya tad brāhmaṇam yat praśukrīyasya / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Its brāhmaṇa is the same as that of the praśukrīya hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.17) pra yantu vājās taviṣībhir agnaya iti tisro adhikāḥ samūḍhe / > 'May the Agnis go forward with strengths, with powers' (RV 7.43.1) are three additional verses in the combined \[form\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.18) ā tv eṣam ugram ava īmahe vayam iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > 'We seek the aid of the glittering, mighty one' (RV 7.30.1)— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.19) ā iti vā vai pra iti vā prāyaṇīya rūpam / > \[hymns with\] 'hither' (ā) or 'forward' (pra) have the form of the opening \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.20) tasmād āvanti ca pravanti ca caturthe ahant sūktāni śasyante prāyaṇīya rūpeṇa / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Therefore hymns with ā and hymns with pra are recited on the fourth day with the form of the opening \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.21) punaḥ prāyaṇīyam hi caturtham ahaḥ / > For the fourth day is a repetition of the opening day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.22) huve vaḥ sudyotmānam suvṛktim iti jātavedasīyam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > 'I invoke for you the bright-shining, the well-formed' (RV 7.8.1) is \[the hymn\] to Jātavedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.23) tasya tad brāhmaṇam yan marutvatīyasya / > Its brāhmaṇa is the same as that of the Marutvatīya recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.24) vasum na citra mahasam gṛṇīṣa iti samūḍhe / > 'Praise the treasure, as it were of wonderful greatness' (RV 7.9.1) is \[the hymn\] in the combined \[form\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.25) ghṛta nirṇig brahmaṇe gātum eraya iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > 'O thou robed in ghee, make a way for the prayer' (RV 7.9.1cd)— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.26) ā iti vā vai pra iti vā prāyaṇīya rūpam / > \[hymns with\] 'hither' (ā) or 'forward' (pra) have the form of the opening \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.27) tasmād āvanti ca pravanti ca caturthe ahant sūktāni śasyante prāyaṇīya rūpeṇa / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Therefore hymns with ā and hymns with pra are recited on the fourth day with the form of the opening \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.28) punaḥ prāyaṇīyam hi caturtham ahaḥ / > For the fourth day is a repetition of the opening day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.29) atha ukthyāny upetya sṛptvā ṣoḍaśinam upayanti / > Then, having approached the ukthya \[lauds\] and crept along, they perform the Ṣoḍaśin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.30) ṣoḍaśa kalam vā idam sarvam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > This whole \[world\] indeed consists of sixteen parts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.31) asya eva sarvasya āptyai / > It is to obtain this whole \[world\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.32) annam caturthena ahnā āpnuvanti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > By means of the fourth day, they obtain food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.33) anuṣṭubham chanda ekaviṃśam stomam vairājam sāma / > \[They obtain\] the Anuṣṭubh metre, the twenty-onefold stoma, and the Vairāja sāman; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.34) udīcīm diśam śaradam ṛtūnām / > the northern direction, and the autumn among seasons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.35) sādhyāṃś ca āptyāṃś ca devān deva jāte / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > And the Sādhyas and Āptyas among the divine classes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3.36) bṛhaspatim ca candramasam ca adhipatī / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > and Bṛhaspati and the Moon as the two overlords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.10.5.24) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.3) · Pramāṇa