[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) › 28.2.12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.2.12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 28.2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.2.12) kuvakra iva praṇato anubrūyāt / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > xxviii. 2. 'Leaning forward like one slightly bent should he recite; thus is Parjanya likely to rain' Kauṣītaki used to say. Now the Asuras and the Rakṣases used to impede the oblations; then Vāmadeva saw the appropriate (verses ), 'Agni the Hotṛ at our sacrifice'; with them they led Agni round. Therefore these Rakṣases, the destructive, they smote away. He recites an appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) 'accept', 'Accept our most extending', (thinking) 'Let me utter speech appropriate and containing (the word) "accept" among the gods.' 'Set this sacrifice for us among the immortals', with these (verses ) Viçvāmitra makes acceptable the drops. These are their invitatory verses, these their offering verses; therefore are they appropriate. A verse of Viçvāmitra's he recites as the invitatory verse for the Sviṣṭakṛt offering in (the sacrifice of) the cake; the explanation of this has been given. Verses of Viçvāmitra's he recites in each pressing as invitatory verses for the cakes; Viçvāmitra saw these Praiṣas for the cakes; (verily they serve) for correspondence. Two appropriate verses of Madhuchandas he recites as invitatory verses for the first of those for two deities; Madhuchandas saw these Praiṣas for these two deities; (verily they serve) for correspondence. A verse by Gṛtsamada and a verse by Medhātithi he recites, being appropriate, for the second two. Verses by Medhātithi he recites at the morning pressing for (the goblets) being filled; Medhātithi at the morning pressing proclaimed the Soma to Indra; these (verses) contain (the words) 'hither' and 'bay steeds' with the symbols of the invitatory verses; they are addressed to Indra, for the sacrificial rite is Indra's; they are Gāyatrī verses; the morning pressing is in Gāyatrī. Nine verses he recites; nine goblets do they fill. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 28.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.2.11) - [Next: 28.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.2.13) - [Up: 28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.2) ## 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.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.28.2.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.2.12) · Pramāṇa