[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) › 26.5.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.5.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5.3) etena ha vā indraś ca marutaś ca samajānata / (soma: chandomāh) > xxvi. 9. 'With what array, of one age, of one home?' is the Marutvatīya; that is called the 'prosperity hymn'. With it Indra and the Maruts came to an accord. The pre-eminence of him who knows thus men accept. It contains (the word) 'hither' in 'With what mind have they come hither, and whence?', and is connected with the Rathantara. 'That ram that winneth the light I glorify' is a Jagatī, containing (the word) 'hither' in 'Hither Indra would I turn for aid with good offerings', and is connected with the Rathantara. They say, 'Seeing that the Rathantara is normally the Pṛṣṭha of the seventh day, then why is the Bṛhat performed daily?' These days have great Stomas; therefore daily is the Bṛhat performed, to confer equality of might on these days, to secure inequality of might of these Stomas. Having recited the extension of the Bṛhat he recites the basis of the Rathantara. 'Our father did not teach us any recitation of the basis; each stood alone', Kauṣītaki used to say, 'But whenever the Sāmans fall together on the same day then he should recite also the basis of the one or the other'. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 26.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5.2) - [Next: 26.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5.4) - [Up: 26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5) ## 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.p17) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.5.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5.3) · Pramāṇa