[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) › 27.11.19 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.11.19 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 27.11.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.11.19) atha yad vyūḍham upayanti / > xxvii. 7. In that they perform the Daçarātra in its conjunct form, verily (it serves) to obtain all desires. In that they perform it in its transposed form, verily (it serves) to obtain all the metres. In that they perform both the transposed and the conjunct forms, verily (it serves) to confer variety on the Daçarātra. The conjunct form was alone in the beginning. The metres desired one another's place, (thinking) 'Let us all be first, all be in the middle, and all at the end.' Moreover thus he makes all the metres > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 27.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.11.18) - [Next: 27.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.11.20) - [Up: 27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.11) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.27.p17) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.27.11.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.11.19) · Pramāṇa