[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) › 24.2 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.2 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 24.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.1) vāyavyām purorucam śastvā atha ubhe vāyavye tṛce / > having recited the puroruc to Vāyu, then both triplets to Vāyu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.2) aindra vāyavīm pururucam śastvā atha ubhe aindra vāyave tṛce / > having recited the puroruc to Indravāyū, then both triplets to Indravāyū; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.3) atha purorucam atha ubhe tṛce / (soma: abhijit) > then the puroruc, then both triplets; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.4) atha purorucam atha ubhe tṛce / > then the puroruc, then both triplets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.5) evam eva sampravayet / > Just so should he interweave \[them\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.6) mādhucchandasāny eva pūrvāṇi tṛcāni karoti gārtsamadāny uttarāṇi / (soma: abhijit) > He makes the Mādhucchandasa triplets first, the Gārtsamada ones subsequent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.7) tad u vā āhuḥ kim tad ubhau sampravayet / > Regarding this, they also say: "Why should he interweave both? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.8) mādhucchandasa eva prauge sati gārtsamadam vaiśvadevam upariṣṭān mādhucchandasasya vaiśvadevasya paryāharet / (soma: abhijit) > The Prauga remaining Mādhucchandasa, he should bring around the Gārtsamada All-gods \[triplet\] after the Mādhucchandasa All-gods \[triplet\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.9) tad vā atra ekam nirukta bārhatam / > There is here one \[characteristic\] explicitly related to Bṛhat: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.10) viśve devāsa ā gata śṛṇutā ma imam havam / > "All gods, come hither, hear this call of mine! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 2. ‘O ye All-gods, come hither; hear this my call; sit on this strew’. (The word) “strew” is a symbol of the Bṛhat.’ Then (comes) (the triplet) to Sarasvatī of Madhuchandas. ‘Let him conclude with the last verse of it; so let the morning pressing be in the one-day form’ is the rule. The Abhijit is a one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; verily (it serves) for support. ‘Thee like a car for aid’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; ‘This drink, O bright one, is pressed’ is the antistrophe; this is the normal one-day form; the explanation of it has been given. ‘Thou hast been born dread for impetuous strength’, having recited this of Gaurīvīti first, he inserts a Nivid in the five-verse hymn of Bṛhatī verses, > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.11) ā idam barhir ni ṣīdata iti / (soma: abhijit) > Sit down upon this sacred grass!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.12) barhir iti tad bārhatam rūpam / > "Sacred grass" (barhis)—that is the Bṛhat characteristic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.13) atha mādhucchandasam sārasvatam śastvā tasya eva uttamayā paridadhyād iti / (soma: abhijit) > Then, having recited the hymn to Sarasvatī by Madhucchandas, he should conclude with its final \[verse\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.14) aikāhikam prātaḥ savanam syād iti sā sthitiḥ / > The morning pressing should be that of a one-day rite: that is the established rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.15) ekāho vā abhijit / > For the Abhijit is a one-day rite; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2.16) pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaha pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: abhijit) > a one-day rite is a firm foundation, for the sake of a firm foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.24.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.24.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.11.10.5) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.2) · Pramāṇa