[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) › 23.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.1) paśavaḥ pañcamam ahar atha puruṣa eva ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / > Cattle are the fifth day; then man is the sixth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.2) sa vai puruṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvo asya sarvasya / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > That man indeed is Prajāpati, prior to all this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.3) aticchandā vai prajāpatiḥ / > Prajāpati indeed is the Aticchandas metre. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.4) tat prājāpatyam rūpam / > That is the characteristic mark of Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.5) asuri indram pratyakramata parvan parvan muṣkān kṛtvā / > An Asura woman came against Indra, having made testicles on joint after joint. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.6) tām indraḥ pratijigīṣan parvan parvan śepāṃsy akuruta / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Indra, wishing to overpower her, made male organs on joint after joint. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.7) indro vai parucchepaḥ / > Indra indeed is Parucchepa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.8) sarvam vā indreṇa jigīṣitam / > Everything indeed was desired to be conquered by Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.9) tām samabhavat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > He united with her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.10) tam agṛhṇād asura māyayā / > Through Asura magic, she seized him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.11) sa etāḥ punaḥ padā apaśyat / > He saw these repeated pādas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.12) tābhir aṅgād aṅgāt parvaṇaḥ parvaṇaḥ sarvasmāt pāpmanaḥ prāmucyate / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > By means of them, limb by limb, joint by joint, he was freed from all evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.13) tad yat ṣaṣṭhe ahan parucchepaḥ śasyate madhyataś ca hotrāsu ca / > In that Parucchepa's \[hymns\] are recited on the sixth day both in the middle and in the hotrā \[recitations\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.14) aṅgād aṅgād eva tad yajamānāḥ parvaṇaḥ parvaṇaḥ sarvasmāt pāpmanaḥ sampramucyante / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > thereby the sacrificers are freed limb by limb, joint by joint, from all evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.15) nityāḥ pūrvā yājyāḥ kṛtvā pārucchepībhir yajanti / > Having performed the regular first offering verses, they sacrifice with the Pārucchepa verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.16) tad yad ābhis tad ahar na vaṣaṭ kurvanti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > In that they do not utter the vaṣaṭ-call with them on that day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.17) tena utsṛṣṭāḥ / > thereby they are left aside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.18) yad v eva enā na antarayanti / > And in that they do not omit them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7.19) na id acyutam yajñasya priyam devānām antarayāma iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > \[they think:\] 'Lest we omit what is firm in the sacrifice, dear to the gods.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.7) · Pramāṇa