[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) › 28.1.1 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.1.1 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 28.1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.1.1) prajāpatir hi yajñam sasṛje / > xxviii. 1. Prajāpati created the sacrifice; with it when created the gods sacrificed; having sacrificed with it they obtained all desires. One half of it they deposited, namely the Praiṣas and the Nigadas. With the other (half of the) sacrifice the Ṛṣis sacrificed; they observed 'With an incomplete sacrifice are we sacrificing; we do not obtain all desires.' They toiled; they saw the Praiṣas and Nigadas. Having sacrificed with the sacrifice with the Praiṣas and Nigadas they obtained all desires, (thinking) 'The Praiṣas and the Nigadas are so much of the sacrifice as is not made up by the Ṛc verses. Thus with them shall we make up the whole.' These Praiṣas and Anupraiṣas Viçvāmitra saw, and also the Praiṣas for the cake offering; then other Ṛṣis (saw) others. As to this they say 'Why does the Maitrāvaruṇa alone give directions to all?' The deities ran a race regarding the Praiṣas; the race Mitra and Varuṇa won; therefore the Maitrāvaruṇa alone gives directions to all. He gives directions standing, (thinking) 'Standing is one strongest, standing also is one most easily heard; let me utter speech full of strength and resorting to the gods'. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 27.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.12.10) - [Next: 28.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.1.2) - [Up: 28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.28.p3) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.28.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.1.1) · Pramāṇa