[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) › 26.8.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.8.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.8.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.8.3) imā u tvā purutamasya kāror iti dvitīyam / > contains (the word) ‘great’. ‘These thee of many a poet’ is the second, containing (the word) ‘great’ in ‘Call thee that art to be invoked, O hero’, and also (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘Where is this hero, who hath seen Indra?’ is the third containing (the word) ‘great’ in ‘Going with the bays on a fair chariot’, and also (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘Even from great, O Indra, thou those that approach’ is the fourth, containing (the word) ‘great’ in ‘Even from great misfortune thou art the protector’, and also (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘Him sky and earth of one mind’ is the fifth in Jagatī, containing (the word) ‘great’ in ‘What time he went revealing greatness and power’, and also (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘Thou art great, O Indra; to thee the earth’ is the first in Triṣṭubh of the Niṣkevalyas, containing (the word) ‘great’, for this day contains (the word) ‘great’. ‘Thou art great, O Indra, who by thy might’ is the second, containing (the word) ‘great’ and also (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘Many not of old to him’ is the third, containing (the word) ‘great’, in ‘To the great, the hero, impetuous, eager’, and also (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘This fame for thee, O bounteous one, through thy greatness’ is the fourth, containing (the word) ‘great’ and (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘This prayer to thee I offer, the great one’ is the fifth in Jagatī, containing (the word) ‘great’ and (the idea) ‘begun’. Five hymns each are recited in the Niṣkevalya and the Marutvatīya in the middle Chandoma; the Chandomas are cattle; cattle are fivefold; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 26.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.8.2) - [Next: 26.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.8.4) - [Up: 26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.8) ## 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.p23) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.8.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.8.3) · Pramāṇa