[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) › 26.3.14 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.3.14 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.3.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.3.14) antḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / > xxvi. 8. The sixth day is the end; the seventh day is a repeated extension (of the rite); therefore on the seventh day are recited hymns containing the word ‘extend’, and with the symbols of the introductory (rite), for the seventh day is a second introduction. ‘Forward to the pure radiance do ye bear’ is the Ājya, containing (the word) ‘forward’; that which contains (the word) ‘forward’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘Forward to you, the pure, are offered boldly’ is (the triplet) to Vāyu, containing (the word) ‘forward’; that which contains ‘forward’ is a symbol of the first day. The next triplet is addressed to Mitra and Vāyu, ‘They perceiving with true mind’; it contains (the word) ‘yoke’ in ‘Yoked with their own insight they bear’; that which contains (the word) ‘yoke’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘Up the eye of you two, O Varuṇa, fair of aspect’ is (the triplet) > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 26.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.3.13) - [Next: 26.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.3.15) - [Up: 26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.3) ## 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.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.3.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.3.14) · Pramāṇa