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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.7

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 25.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [25.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.1)

sā eṣā dūrohaṇīyā saṃśastā sapta jagatyaḥ sampadyante /

> When this verse used for the difficult mounting is completely recited, seven Jagatī verses are produced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.2)

tā aṣṭa triṃśat /

> These make thirty-eight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.3)

eṣa pra pūrvīr ava tasya caṃriṣa iti jāgatam ṣaḍṛcam indram siṣakty uṣasam na sūrya iti sūryavat /

> “He \[has brought low\] the many \[hostile deeds\] of that wanderer” is a six-verse hymn in Jagatī metre; containing “the sun accompanies Indra like the dawn”, it contains \[the word\] sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.4)

tad etasya ahno rūpam / (soma: viṣuvat)

> That is the characteristic mark of this day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.5)

tāś catuś catvāriṃśat /

> These make forty-four.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.6)

pataṅgam aktam asurasya māyayā iti tisraḥ /

> “The bird anointed with the asura’s craft” is three verses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.7)

tām dyotamānām svaryam manoṣām ity etena rūpeṇa / (Viṣuvat)

> by virtue of this characteristic mark: “that shining, heavenly prayer…”.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.8)

tāḥ sapta catvāriṃśat /

> These make forty-seven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.9)

urum no lokam anu neṣi vidvān iti triḥ śastayā paridhānīyayā / (soma: viṣuvat)

> With “Guide us, knowing, to broad space”, recited thrice as the concluding verse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.10)

svarvaj jyotir abhayam svasti ity etena rūpeṇa /

> by virtue of this characteristic mark: “Sun-like light, safety, well-being…”,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.11)

tāḥ pañcāśat /

> these make fifty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.12)

pūrvā eka pañcāśat / (soma: viṣuvat)

> The earlier \[verses\] were fifty-one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.13)

tā eka śatam ṛco bhavanti /

> These become one hundred and one verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.14)

śata āyur vai puruṣaḥ śata parvā śata vīryaḥ śata indriyaḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

> A person has a life of one hundred \[years\], a hundred joints, a hundred powers, a hundred faculties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.15)

upa yā eka śatatamī sa yajamāna lokaḥ /

> That which is the one-hundred-and-first is the world of the sacrificer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.16)

tad atra eva yajamānānt saṃskurvanti / (soma: viṣuvat)

> Thus here they refine the sacrificers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.17)

tad atra yajamānānt saṃskṛtya ādau mahā vratīyena ahnā prajanayanti iti paṅgī sampat /

> Having thus refined the sacrificers here, in the beginning, they generate them with the Mahāvrata day—this is the Paiṅgya concord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [25.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.18)

atha kauṣītakeḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

> Now Kauṣītaki’s \[view\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.19)

samānam okthya mukhīyāyai.(.ukthya mukhīya.)/

> \[The procedure is\] the same up to the Ukthyamukhīyā \[verse\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.20)

ṛtur janitrīyam trayodaśarcam uddhṛta bṛhad rathantare /

> The Ṛtur janitrīyam consists of thirteen verses, the Bṛhat and Rathantara \[verses\] having been removed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.21)

tasya eva ekādaśa sva yonau / (soma: viṣuvat)

> Of that, eleven \[verses are recited\] in their own womb;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.22)

nava anyatra /

> nine elsewhere,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.23)

tad rūpā minan tad apā eka īyata ity etena rūpeṇa /

> with the characteristic \[verse\], 'Changing its form, he went alone through the waters.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.24)

ā indra yāhi haribhir iti pañcadaśa /

> \[Then follows the hymn,\] 'Come, O Indra, with your bay steeds,' consisting of fifteen \[verses\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.25)

sarūpair ā su no gahi ity etena rūpeṇa / (soma: viṣuvat)

> with the characteristic \[verse\], 'Come well unto us with like-formed \[steeds\].'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.26)

baror ekādaśa śastvā nividam dadhāti /

> Having recited eleven \[verses\] of the higher \[group\], he inserts the nivid.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.27)

madhya ekaśatasya eka pañcāśatam śastvā dve baror abhyudaiti / (soma: viṣuvat)

> Having recited fifty-one \[verses\] in the middle of a hundred and one, he goes up to two of the higher \[group\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.28)

ā satyo yātu maghavān ṛjīṣī ity ekaviṃśatis tās trayoviśaṃtiḥ /

> 'May the true Maghavan, consumer of the soma dregs, come' consists of twenty-one; they \[become\] twenty-three.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xxv. 8. Then (the computation) of Kauṣītaki. It is the same up to the beginning of the litany. If one removes the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, the Ṛjujanitrīya (is used); eleven (verses) of it (are used, if the Bṛhat is performed) on its own basis, nine otherwise, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘Now allotting the forms, now the works one goeth.’ ‘O Indra, come hither with thy bays’, (these) are fifteen verses, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘With those of fair form do thou come to us’. Having recited eleven (verses) of (the hymn of) Baru or of the ‘All-bay’ hymn, (he recites) a Nivid in the middle of the hundred and one verses; having recited fifty-one he recites the two (remaining verses) of the Baru (hymn) or of the ‘All-bay’ (hymn). ‘May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees’, (these) are twenty-one verses. These make up  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.29)

viśvajita iti ṣaṭ tā ekayāna triṃśat.(?)/ (soma: viṣuvat)

> \[The hymn beginning\] 'Viśvajitaḥ' consists of six; they \[become\] twenty-nine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.30)

dūrohaṇīyāḥ sapta tā ṣaṭtriṃśat /

> The Dūrohaṇa \[verses\] are seven; they \[become\] thirty-six.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.31)

abhūr eko rayi pate rayīṇām iti traiṣṭubham pañcarcam daśa prapitve adha sūryasya iti sūryavat / (soma: viṣuvat)

> 'You alone were born, O lord of wealth, among wealth' is a Triṣṭubh hymn of five verses, containing 'sun' on account of: 'at the tenth turn of the sun.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.32)

tad etasya ahno rūpam /

> That is the characteristic mark of this day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.33)

tā eka catvāriṃśat /

> They \[become\] forty-one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.34)

tyam ū ṣu vājinam deva jūtam iti tārkṣyas tisraḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

> 'That swift, god-impelled steed' is the Tārkṣya \[hymn\], consisting of three \[verses\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.35)

sūrya iva jyotiṣā apas tatāna ity etena rūpeṇa /

> with the characteristic \[verse\], 'Like the sun with light, he has stretched across the waters.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.36)

tāś catuś catvāriṃśat / (soma: viṣuvat)

> They \[become\] forty-four.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.37)

pataṅgas tisras tāḥ sapta catvāriṃśat /

> The Pataṅga \[hymn\] consists of three \[verses\]; they \[become\] forty-seven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.38)

urum no lokam anu neṣi vidvān iti triḥ śastayā paridhānīyayā tāḥ pañcāśat / (soma: viṣuvat)

> With the concluding verse, 'Lead us forward, knowing, to a wide world,' recited thrice, they become fifty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.39)

pūrvā eka pañcāśat /

> The earlier \[verses\] are fifty-one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [25.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.7.40)

tā ekaśatam ṛco bhavanti tāsām uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: viṣuvat)

> They make one hundred and one verses; the Brāhmaṇa explanation of them has \[already\] been told.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.  
> — 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.25.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.25.7.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.18.18.11) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.4.16.1) — Sanskrit

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