[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) › 23.6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.1) tat savitur vareṇyam iti vaiśvāmitro anucaras tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > The verse 'tat savitur vareṇyam' ('That desirable \[splendour\] of Savitṛ') is the following verse (anucara) of Viśvāmitra; its Brāhmaṇa explanation has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.2) vājayantaḥ puraṃdhyā iti vājavat / > ‘Winning prizes through wisdom’ contains the word 'prize' (vāja). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.3) tad etasya ahno rūpam / > That is the characteristic mark of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.4) ud u ṣya deva savitā damūnā iti sāvitram / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘Upward indeed has that divine Savitṛ, the domestic friend’ is addressed to Savitṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.5) vāmam adya savitar vāmasu śva iti vāmam iti paśumat / > ‘\[Grant us\] today, O Savitṛ, what is lovely, tomorrow lovely things’—\[the word\] 'lovely' (vāma) contains \[an allusion to\] cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.6) paśumad iti vā asya rūpam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Containing \[an allusion to\] cattle is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.7) mahī dyāvā pṛthivī iha jyeṣṭhe iti dyāvā pṛthivīyam / > ‘Great Heaven and Earth here, the oldest’ is addressed to Heaven and Earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.8) ruvadd ha ukṣā paprathānebhir evair ity ukṣā iti paśumat / > ‘The bull bellows with widening paths’—\[the word\] 'bull' (ukṣan) contains \[an allusion to\] cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.9) paśumad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing \[an allusion to\] cattle is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.10) ṛbhur vibhvā vāja indro no accha ity ārbhavam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘May Ṛbhu, Vibhvan, Vāja, and Indra \[come\] towards us’ is addressed to the Ṛbhus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.11) ye gomantam vājayantam suvīram iti gomantam iti paśumat / > ‘They who \[bestow\] one rich in cattle, winning prizes, possessing good heroes’—\[the word\] 'rich in cattle' (gomant) contains \[an allusion to\] cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.12) paśumad iti vā asya rūpam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Containing \[an allusion to\] cattle is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.13) ko nu vām mitrāvaruṇāv ṛtāyann iti vaiśvadevam / > ‘Who now to you two, O Mitra and Varuṇa, maintaining cosmic order’ is addressed to the Viśvedevas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.14) yajñāyate va paśuṣo na vājān iti paśuṣa iti paśumat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘He sacrifices as it were, not cattle-winning prizes’—\[the word\] 'cattle-winning' (paśuṣa) contains \[an allusion to\] cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.15) paśumad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing \[an allusion to\] cattle is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.16) adhyāsavat tat paṅkte rūpam / > It has an intercalated line; that is the characteristic mark of the Paṅkti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.17) haviṣ pāntam ajaram svarvidi iti vaiśvānarīyam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘Guarding the oblation, unaging, finding the light of heaven’ is addressed to Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.18) pāntam iti tat pañcamasya ahno rūpam / > ‘Guarding’ (pānta)—that is the characteristic mark of the fifth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.19) vapur nu tac cikituṣe cid astv iti mārutam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘Let this wondrous form now be for him who knows’ is addressed to the Maruts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.20) samānam nāma dhenupatyamānam iti dhenv iti paśumat / > ‘A common name, becoming master of the milch cow’—\[the word\] 'milch cow' (dhenu) contains \[an allusion to\] cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.21) paśumad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing \[an allusion to\] cattle is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.22) agnir hotā gṛhapatiḥ sa rājā iti jātavedasīyam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘Agni is the hotṛ, the master of the house, he is king’ is addressed to Jātavedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.23) avā no maghavan vājasātāv iti vājavat / > ‘Help us, O generous one, in the winning of prizes’ contains the word 'prize' (vāja). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.24) tad etasya ahno rūpam / > That is the characteristic mark of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.25) adhyāsavat tat paṅkte rūpam / > It has an intercalated line; that is the characteristic mark of the Paṅkti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.26) iti nu vyūḍhe / > So much for the shifted \[order of days\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.27) atha samūḍhe / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Now for the unshifted \[order\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.28) mūrdhānam divo aratim pṛthivyā iti vaiśvānarīyam / > ‘The head of heaven, the messenger of the earth’ is addressed to Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.29) nābhim yajñānām sadanam rayīṇām iti rayimat / > ‘The navel of sacrifices, the abode of riches’ contains the word 'riches' (rayi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.30) rayimad iti vā asya rūpam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Containing \[the word\] 'riches' is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.31) ā rudrāsa indravantaḥ sajoṣasa iti mārutam / > ‘May the Rudras, accompanied by Indra, united in harmony, come hither’ is addressed to the Maruts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.32) gomad aśvāvad rathavat suvīram iti gomad iti paśumat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘With cattle, with horses, with chariots, with good heroes’—\[the word\] 'with cattle' (gomant) contains \[an allusion to\] cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.33) paśumad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing \[an allusion to\] cattle is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.34) imam ū ṣu vo atithim uṣarbudham iti jātavedasīyam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > ‘This your guest, awakening at dawn’ is addressed to Jātavedas; the explanation of it has been given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.35) adhyāsavat tat paṅkte rūpam / > It has an intercalated line; that is the characteristic mark of the Paṅkti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.36) paśūn pañcamena ahnā āpnuvanti / > By means of the fifth day they obtain cattle; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.37) paṅktim chandas triṇavam stomam śākvaram sāma / (pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > \[they obtain\] the Paṅkti metre, the twenty-seven-fold stoma, the Śākvara sāman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.38) ūrdhvām diśam hemantam ṛtūnām / > the upward direction, and winter among the seasons; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6.39) maruto devān deva jātam rudram adhipatim / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > \[they obtain\] the Maruts among the gods, the god-born, and Rudra the overlord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Śākala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*sakala.4.34.1) — Sanskrit - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.13.5.1.11) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.4.14) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.8) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.6) · Pramāṇa