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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.8.9

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.8.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [23.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.8.9)

virāḍ aṣṭamāni ha vā etam chandāṃsi gopāyanti yo asau tapati / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)

> Virāj as the eighth guard him who yonder gives heat. That concord they disturb who use (verses) over the normal metre as offering verses.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

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## 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.p10) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
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