[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) › 23.5.10 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.5.10 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.5.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.5.10) evā hy agna iti prtyuvāca / > xxiii. 2. The Mahānāmnīs are the Pṛṣṭha; by the Mahānāmnīs Indra slew Vṛtra; him having slain Vṛtra the gods met as he went; before they had retreated away from him and stood in terror. Him Prajāpati asked, ‘Hast thou been able to slay?’ ‘Yes, yes’ he replied, without mention (of his name), for Prajāpati is he whose (name) is not mentioned; this is a symbol of Prajāpati. Him Agni asked, ‘Hast thou been able to slay?’ ‘Yes, O Agni’ he replied. Him his own greatness asked, ‘Hast thou been able to slay?’ Before it had retreated from him and stood in terror. ‘Yes, O Indra’ he replied. Him Pūṣan asked, ‘Hast thou been able to slay?’ ‘Yes, O Pūṣan’ he replied. Him the All-gods asked, ‘Hast thou been able to slay?’ ‘Yes, O All-gods’ he replied. These five Padas are recited as ‘mortar’; it is the boundary of the Ṛc; they are the strong ones; by them Indra had strength to slay Vṛtra; in that by them he had strength to slay Vṛtra, therefore are they the strong ones, for they are strengths. ‘To him athirst’, ‘Who is most wealthy, O wealthy one’ and ‘Him for you who injureth not’ are three sets of three verses; he makes as tenth the Bṛhatī ‘To him, to him of the drink.’ ‘Yea, thou art the powerful’ is, however, the rule, having the same utterance as the ‘mortar’ (verses); so it becomes equal with or even superior to the strophe. ‘Whether, O Indra, among the tribes of Nahuṣ’ is the Pragātha of the Sāman; ‘Or of the five folks’ contains (the word) ‘five’; this is a symbol of the fifth day. It contains (the words) ‘be drunk’ in ‘Indra hath waxed to be drunk’; it is in Paṅkti; the explanation of this has been given. ‘Thou hast furthered our prayer in the overcoming of Vṛtra’ are verses of six Padas; the explanation of them has been given. ‘Thou hast become the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 23.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.5.9) - [Next: 23.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.5.11) - [Up: 23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.5) ## 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.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.5.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.5.10) · Pramāṇa