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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.4

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 27.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [27.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.1)

kayā naś citra ā bhuvat kayā tvam na ūtyā iti vāmadevyasya yonau rathantaram ūḍham bhavaty āgneyam sāma aidrīṣu /

> With "By what wondrous help will he be present to us…", "By what help of yours…", the Rathantara \[sāman\] is carried on the womb of the Vāmadevya \[sāman\], an Agni-chant upon verses addressed to Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.2)

tan mithunam prajātyai rūpam / (soma: daśamam ahah)

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

### [27.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.3)

yāvantaḥ pragāthās tāvanty auṣṇihāni tṛcāni /

> As many pragāthas as there are, so many are the Uṣṇih triplets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.4)

dhāyyām anyā dvipadā bhajate /

> One dvipadā verse shares in the dhāyyā inserted verse;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.5)

saptadaśīm anyā sūktasya /

> the other \[shares in\] the seventeenth \[verse\] of the hymn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.6)

tat sampannam /

> Thus it has corresponded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.7)

aikāhikam niṣkevalyam / (soma: daśamam ahah)

> The Niṣkevalya \[recitation\] belongs to the one-day rite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.8)

pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhā daśamam ahaḥ /

> The one-day rite is a firm foundation; the tenth day is a firm foundation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.9)

pratiṣṭhānīyam vai chando dvipade pratiṣṭhityā eva /

> The metre of dvipadā verses is indeed foundational, solely for a firm foundation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.10)

abhi tyam devam savitāram oṇyoḥ kavi kratum ity aticchandasā vaiśvadevam pratipadyate / (soma: daśamam ahah)

> With the aticchandas verse, "Towards that god Savitṛ, within the two bowls, of wise insight…," he begins the Vaiśvadeva \[recitation\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.11)

sā sampannā catuḥ ṣaṣṭy akṣarā /

> It, when made to correspond, has sixty-four syllables.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.12)

te dve anuṣṭubhau sampadete / (soma: daśamam ahah)

> They amount to two Anuṣṭubhs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.13)

tat sampannam /

> Thus it has corresponded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.14)

abhivān anucaras tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /

> The anucara verse contains \[the word\] "abhi"; its Brāhmaṇa explanation has been stated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.15)

atha nityam eva aikāhikam tṛtīya savanam / (soma: daśamam ahah)

> Now the third pressing belongs regularly to the one-day rite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.16)

pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva /

> The one-day rite is a firm foundation, solely for a firm foundation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.17)

tatra purastād ānobhadrīyasya praśukrīyam śaṃsati / (soma: daśamam ahah)

> There, before the hymn "ānobhadrāḥ…", he recites the Praśukrīya hymn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.18)

pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhā daśamam ahaḥ /

> The one-day rite is a firm foundation; the tenth day is a firm foundation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [27.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.4.19)

pratiṣṭhānīyam vai chando dvipadāḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: daśamam ahah)

> Dvipadā verses are indeed a foundational metre, solely for a firm foundation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.27.4.1) — English, machine translation

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