[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) › 24.6.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.6.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 24.6.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.5) na id asau bṛhaty ekākinī iva śastā asad iti / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 24.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.4) - [Next: 24.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.6) - [Up: 24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6) ## 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.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.24.6.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.5) · Pramāṇa