[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) › 28.5.11 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.5.11 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 28.5.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.5.11) yajamāna hotar adhvaryo agnīd brahman pitar neṣṭar uta upavaktar iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > xxviii. 5. Then the Adhvaryu says to him ‘O Achāvāka, say what thou hast to say’; verily thus he says to him ‘O Achāvāka, expect an invitation.’ ‘Hither Agni for help for you’, (these verses) to Agni he recites; the morning pressing is connected with Agni; they are Anuṣṭubh verses; the Anuṣṭubh is the Gāyatrī; the metre of Agni is the Gāyatrī. They are three; Agni is threefold, coals, flame, and smoke. At the third saying with the Praṇava of the last verse, he unites the Nigada, ‘O sacrificer, O Hotṛ, O Adhvaryu, O Agnīdh, O Brahman, O Potṛ, O Neṣṭṛ, and thou also, O Upavaktṛ.’ The Upavaktṛ is the Praçāstṛ; it is said in a Ṛc, ‘The Upavaktṛ of men.’ ‘Be forcible with force, strong with strength’ (he says); ‘Force as food, strength as food with food do ye unite,’ in effect, he says to them. ‘To you may the kin, may those that are not kin yield (he says); ‘Whatever is kin, and whatever is not kin, may that yield to you,’ verily thus he says to them. This is declared in a Ṛc, > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 28.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.5.10) - [Next: 28.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.5.12) - [Up: 28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.5) ## 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.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.28.5.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.5.11) · Pramāṇa