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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.5.23

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 24.5.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [24.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.5.23)

yas te sādhiṣṭho avasa ity ānuṣṭubham niṣkevalyam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: svara sāman)

> Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'hither' in 'O Indra, do thou hither bear that power,' and connected with the Rathantara. 'What hath not been wrought by him?' is the Pragātha containing (the word) 'who'; the explanation of this has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

> xxiv. 6. Then the basis of the Rathantara (is recited). 'Which thou, O Indra, dost support' is a couple of verses, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were'. 'O Indra, O generous one, to thee we have turned' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triad) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'That most effectual for aid (power) of them' is the  
> — 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.24.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
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