[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) › 26.13.53 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.13.53 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.13.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.13.53) traiṣṭubhāḥ paśavaḥ paśūnām eva āptyai / (soma: chandomāh) > end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? In the Marutvatīya are recited five hymns in the last Chandoma; the Chandomas are cattle; cattle are fivefold; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. Six at the end (are recited) in the Niṣkevalya; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 26.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.13.52) - [Next: 26.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.14.1) - [Up: 26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.13) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.26.p31) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.13.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.13.53) · Pramāṇa