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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.7

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [26.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.1)

antarikṣa loko dvitīyaḥ /

> the intermediate world is the second;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.2)

asau lokaḥ uttamaḥ /

> yonder world is the highest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.3)

tasmān mahadvanti madhyame ahant sūktāni śasyante /

> Therefore hymns containing 'mahat' are recited on the middle day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.4)

mahadd hi idam antarikṣam / (soma: chandomāh)

> For this intermediate space is great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.5)

atho abhyārabdhavanti syuḥ /

> Moreover, they should contain \[the idea of\] taking hold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.6)

param eva etad ahar abhivadati /

> This directly expresses the next day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.7)

param eva etad ahar abhyārabhya vasanti iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / (soma: chandomāh)

> "Taking hold of the next day, they dwell," Kauṣītaki used to say.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.8)

agniḥ vo devam agnibhiḥ sajoṣā ity ājyam /

> "Agni, your god, in harmony with the fires" is the Ājya \[śastra\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.9)

yadā mahaḥ saṃvaraṇād vyasthād iti mahadvat sad abhyārabdhavat / (soma: chandomāh)

> "When from the great enclosure he stood forth"—being \[a verse\] containing "great" (mahadvat), it contains \[the idea of\] taking hold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.10)

traiṣṭubhaḥ praugaḥ /

> The Prauga is in the Triṣṭubh metre.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.11)

kuvid aṅga namasā ye vṛdhāsa iti vāyavyam vṛddhavat / (soma: chandomāh)

> "Surely, indeed, with reverence those who are augmented" is the \[tṛca\] to Vāyu containing \[the idea of\] increase.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.12)

mahadvadd hy etad ahaḥ /

> For this day contains "great".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.13)

ata eva uttaram tṛcam aindra vāyavam yāvat taras tanvo yāvad oja iti / (soma: chandomāh)

> From the same \[hymn\] is the next tṛca to Indra and Vāyu: "As much as the speed of the body, as much as the strength."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.14)

yāvan naraś cakṣasā dīdhyānā ity abhyārabdhavat /

> "As much as men beholding with the eye" contains \[the idea of\] taking hold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.15)

prati vām sūra udite sūktair iti maitrāvaruṇam / (soma: chandomāh)

> "Unto you two, when the sun has risen, with hymns" is \[the tṛca\] to Mitra and Varuṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.16)

mitram huve varuṇam pūta dakṣam ity abhyārabdhavat /

> "I call Mitra, Varuṇa of purified strength" contains \[the idea of\] taking hold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.17)

apa svasur uṣaso nag jihīta ity āśvinam / (soma: chandomāh)

> "From her sister, the dawn, the night departs" is \[the tṛca\] to the Aśvins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.18)

aśvā maghā go maghā vām huvema ity abhyārabdhavat /

> "Bountiful in horses, bountiful in cattle, may we call upon you two" contains \[the idea of\] taking hold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.19)

ayam soma indra tubhyam sunva ity aindram / (soma: chandomāh)

> "This soma for you, O Indra, being pressed" is \[the tṛca\] to Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.20)

brahman vīra brahma kṛtim juṣāṇa ity abhyārabdhavat /

> "O heroic priest, taking pleasure in the formulation of sacred speech" contains \[the word\] "taken hold of".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.21)

pra brahmāṇo aṅgiraso nakṣanta iti vaiśvadevam /

> "The priest-Angirases have attained \[it\]" is addressed to the All-gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.22)

pra krandanur nabhanyasya vetv ity abhyārabdhavat / (soma: chandomāh)

> "May the neighing of the cloud-born \[steed\] speed forth" contains \[the word\] "taken hold of".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.23)

uta syā naḥ sarasvatī juṣāṇa iti sārasvatam /

> "And may that Sarasvatī, being pleased with us" is addressed to Sarasvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.24)

vardha śubhre stuvate rāsi vājān iti vṛddhavat / (soma: chandomāh)

> "Grow, radiant one, give wealth to the praiser" contains \[forms of the root\] vṛdh-.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.25)

mahadvadd hy etad ahaḥ /

> For this day contains \[forms of the word\] mahat-.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.26)

rāthantaram pṛṣṭham bārhatam śastram /

> The pṛṣṭha-sāman is based on the Rathantara; the recitation is based on the Bṛhat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.7.27)

tan mithunam prjātyai rūpam / (soma: chandomāh)

> That is a pair, a form for procreation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.7.1) — English, machine translation

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