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The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.2) yāny uttarasya tryahasya tṛtīya savanāni tāni tṛtīya savanāni sānucarāṇi / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.3) tad yāni tatra vaiśvadevāni tāny uddhṛtya anyāny anyāny aniruktāni prājāpatyāni parokṣa vaiśvadevāny avadhīyante / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.4) pra vaḥ pāntam raghu manyavo andhas tam pratnathā pūrvathā viśvathā īmathā kad itthā nṝnḥ pātram devayatām iti / (soma: svara sāman) (viśvathemathā?) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.5) prati nābhānediṣṭhaḥ / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.6) tad vai khalu pratyakṣa vaiśvadevāny eva avadhīyeran / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.7) agnir indro varuṇo mitro aryamā iti prathame ahani dyām skabhitvī iti kadvat / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.8) devān huve bṛhat śravasaḥ svastaya iti dvitīye jyotiṣ kṛta iti kadvat / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.9) uṣāsā naktā bṛhatī supeśasā iti tṛtīye naktā iti kadvat / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.10) ko vai prajāpatiḥ / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.11) prajāpatiḥ svara sāmānaḥ / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.12) te agniṣṭomā vā ukthyā vā saṃtiṣṭhante / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.13) agniṣṭomā iti paiṅgyam / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.14) brahma varcasino bhavanti ye agniṣṭomān upayanti / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.15) ukthyāḥ syur iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.16) sa vai yajña kratuḥ samṛddho ya ukthyaḥ / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.17) pañcadaśa hy asya stotrāṇi bhavanti / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.18) pañcadaśa śastrāṇi / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.19) tāni triṃśat stuta śastrāṇi / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.20) sa virājam abhisampadyate / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.21) śrīr virāḍ anna adyam / > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8.22) śriyo virājo anna adyasya upāptyai śriyo virājo anna adyasya upāptyai / (soma: svara sāman) > xxiv. 9. The strophes (used) are those of the Vaiçvadeva (litanies) of the first three days of the Pṛṣṭha Ṣaḍaha in conjunct form. The third pressings with the antistrophes are the third pressings of the second three days. The Vaiçvadeva (hymns) there are taken out and other crypto-Vaiçvadevas, without mention (of the deities), connected with Prajāpati, are inserted, ‘This drink to you, O swift to wrath,’ ‘Him of old, aforetime, at all times, now,’ and ‘What vessel here of those that are pious?’ in place of (the hymn) of Nābhānediṣṭha. There should, however, be used the open Vaiçvadevas, ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ on the first day, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Having established (s-ka-bhitvī) the sky’; ‘I hail the gods of great fame for security’ on the second, containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘Light making (jyotiṣkṛtaḥ).’ ‘Dawn and night (uṣāsā naktā) the great ones, of fair form’ on the third (day), containing (the word) ‘who’ in ‘night’. Prajāpati is ‘Who’; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati. They are made up as Agniṣṭomas or Ukthyas; ‘As Agniṣṭomas’ (is) Paiṅgya's view; they become possessed of splendour who perform Agniṣṭomas. ‘Let them be Ukthyas,’ Kauṣītaki used to say. The Ukthya is a successful form of sacrifice, for it has fifteen Stotras, fifteen Çastras; they make thirty Stotras and Çastras; it makes up the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (it serves) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## 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.p18) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.24.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.8) · Pramāṇa