[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) › 25.2.2 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.2.2 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 25.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.2.2) avāsayann uṣasam sūryeṇa iti sūryavat / > xxv. 2. ‘Were not they who were made great with homage?’ is (the triplet) to Vāyu, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘They made bright the dawn with the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. The succeeding triplet is addressed to Indra and Vāyu, ‘So far as the power of the body, so far as the might’, with the symbol (of the day) in ‘So far as men with the eye may discern’. ‘Up the eye of you two, O Varuṇa, fair of aspect’ is (the triplet) to Indra and Varuṇa, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘The sun goeth extending of the pious one’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘Hither, O Nāsatyas, with chariot rich in cattle’ is (the triplet) to the Açvins; the third (verse) contains (the word) ‘blaze’ in ‘The god Savitṛ hath raised aloft the blaze’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘Come hither to us, O impetuous god, with might’ is (the triplet) to Indra, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Heroes for life for the gaining of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘Let the prayer go forward from the abode of holy order’ is (the triplet) to the All-gods, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘The sun hath created the kine with his rays’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘May Sarasvatī for us rejoicing’ is (the triplet) to Sarasvatī, with the symbol in ‘O happy one, thou hast unbound the doors of holy order.’ This is the Praüga of Vasiṣṭha arranged in triads of Triṣṭubh verses, and containing (the word) ‘sun’. Vasiṣṭha is Prajāpati; verily in Prajāpati they succeed in all their desires. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 25.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.2.1) - [Next: 25.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.2.3) - [Up: 25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.2) ## 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.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.25.2.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.2.2) · Pramāṇa