[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) › 25.13.12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.13.12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 25.13.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.13.12) yo ha vai na sarvam dadāmi iti bruvan / > when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand). > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 25.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.13.11) - [Next: 25.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.13.13) - [Up: 25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.13) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.25.p25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.25.13.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.13.12) · Pramāṇa