[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) › 23.4.22 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.4.22 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.4.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.4.22) itthā hi soma in mada iti madvat pāṅktam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > xxiii. 1. The fifth day is cattle; the basis by Tanva is the Paṅkti, the Paṅkti is cattle, (they say). It has the following symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘bull’, (the word) ‘cow’, (the word) ‘milk’, (the word) ‘ghee’, (the words) ‘be drunk’, (the word) ‘wealth’, (the word) ‘strong’, having an addition. ‘This guest of yours, waking at dawn’, is the Ājya, containing (the word) ‘wealth’ in ‘wealths’ in ‘Wealths, O son of strength, among mortals’; containing (the word) ‘wealth’ is a symbol of this (day); it has an addition; this is a symbol of the Paṅkti; it is in Jagatī, for this set of three days has the morning pressing in Jagatī. So in the transposed form. Having taken out this, ‘Him I deem Agni who is bright’ is used in the conjunct form. It is in Paṅkti; the fifth day is the Paṅkti; these are the fifth day. ‘To whom the cows go home’ (it contains); containing (the word) ‘cow’ is a symbol of this (day). The Praüga is in Bṛhatī; the fifth day is cattle; cattle are connected with the Bṛhatī; verily (it serves) to obtain cattle. The strophe of the Marutvatīya has (the word) ‘of the five peoples’ in ‘When with the folk of the five peoples’; this is a symbol of the fifth day. ‘Thus in the Soma, in the drink’ is in Paṅkti and contains (the words) ‘be drunk’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘Thou art the helper of him who poureth offering, with the strew spread’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 23.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.4.21) - [Next: 23.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.4.23) - [Up: 23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.4) ## 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.p3) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.4.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.4.22) · Pramāṇa