[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) › 26.12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.1) ā vāyo bhūṣa śucipā upa na iti vāyavyam ca aindrāvāyavam ca / > ‘Come, O Vāyu, drink the clear, come to us’ is for Vāyu and for Indra and Vāyu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.2) āgata iti gatavat / (soma: chandomāh) > ‘Come’ contains a word of going. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.3) tad anta rūpam / > That is the characteristic of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.4) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.5) aiti iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: chandomāh) > Having gone to the end, one indeed moves as it were; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.6) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > whither indeed should one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.7) pra sotā jīro adhvareṣv asthād iti sthitavat / > ‘The quick presser has stood forth at the rites’ contains a word of standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.8) tad anta rūpam / (soma: chandomāh) > That is the characteristic of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.9) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.10) tiṣṭhati iva vā antam gatvā / > Having gone to the end, one indeed stands still as it were; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.11) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > whither indeed should one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.12) divi kṣayantā rajasaḥ pṛthivyām iti maitrāvaruṇam / (soma: chandomāh) > ‘Dwelling in the sky, in the realm of earth’ is the hymn for Mitra and Varuṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.13) kṣayanta iti kṣitivat / > ‘Dwelling’ contains a word of dwelling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.14) tad anta rūpam / > That is the characteristic of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.15) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.16) kṣiyati iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: chandomāh) > Having gone to the end, one indeed dwells as it were; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.17) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > whither indeed should one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.18) ā viśva vārā aśvinā gatam na ity āśvinam / (soma: chandomāh) > ‘O Aśvins, possessing all boons, come to us’ is the hymn for the Aśvins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.19) pra tat sthānam avāci vām pṛthivyām iti sthitavat / > "Forth that station has been proclaimed for you two on earth" contains \[the idea of\] standing firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.20) tad anta rūpam / > That is a characteristic of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.21) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.22) tiṣṭhati iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: chandomāh) > Having reached the end, one stands still, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.23) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > For whither would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.24) indram naro nemadhitā havanta ity aindram / > "Indra men invoke in the contest" is \[the second tṛca\] to Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.25) yat pāryā yunajate dhiyas tā iti pāryāḥ para ardhyāḥ / (soma: chandomāh) > "When he yokes those thoughts that are decisive"—"decisive" (pāryāḥ) means "supreme" (parārdhyāḥ). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.26) tad anta rūpam / > That is a characteristic of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.27) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.28) ante antam dadhāti / > He places the end at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.29) ūrdhvo agniḥ sumatim vasvo aśred iti vaiśvadevam / > "Upward Agni has leaned toward the favor of the Vasu" is \[the tṛca\] to the Viśve Devas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.30) aśred iti śritavat / (soma: chandomāh) > "Has leaned" (aśred) contains \[the idea of\] leaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.31) tad anta rūpam / > That is a characteristic of the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.32) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.33) śriyati iva vā antam gatvā / > Having reached the end, one leans, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.34) kadryan hi tata iyāt / (soma: chandomāh) > For whither would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.35) pra kṣodasā dhāyasā sasra eṣa iti sārasvatam / > "With her current, nourishing, she flowed forth" is \[the tṛca\] to Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.36) prabābadhāna iti ninartiḥ / (soma: chandomāh) > "Pressing hard" implies dancing downward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.37) anto navamam ahaḥ / > The ninth day is the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.38) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / > Having reached the end, one dances downward, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.39) kadryan hi tata iyāt / (soma: chandomāh) > For whither would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.40) ete vā u vāsiṣṭhās tṛca ṛklptās traiṣṭubhāḥ praugāḥ / > These indeed are the Praugas composed by Vasiṣṭha, arranged in tṛcas, in the Triṣṭubh metre. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.41) prajāpatir vai vasiṣṭhaḥ / (soma: chandomāh) > Vasiṣṭha is Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.42) sa tantā yajñasya / > He is the stretcher of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [26.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.43) sa punas tatāv ayāta yāmā bhavati / (soma: chandomāh) > He, stretched out again, becomes unexhausted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [26.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.44) prajāpatāv eva tat sarvān kāmān ṛdhnuvanti / > Thereby they obtain all desires in Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [26.12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.45) bṛhat pṛṣṭham śastram / > The Bṛhat is the Pṛṣṭha-recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [26.12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12.46) tan mithunam prajātyai rūpam / (soma: chandomāh) > That is a pair, a form for procreation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation. > — 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.26.p29) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.12.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.7.70.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.12) · Pramāṇa