[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) › 28.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 28.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.1) bāhū maitrāvaruṇaś ca acchāvākaś ca / > The two arms are the maitrāvaruṇa and the acchāvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.2) tau vai dviguṇau bhavataḥ / > They are indeed twofold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.3) tasmāt tau prātaḥ savane dvidevatyāḥ śaṃsataḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > therefore the two recite \[verses\] addressed to dual deities at the morning pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.4) iyam eva venā sevanī madhyam brāhmaṇācchaṃsī / > This weaver's seam in the middle is the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.5) tasmād brāhmaṇācchaṃsī prātaḥ savana eka devatyāḥ śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > Therefore the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin recites \[verses\] addressed to a single deity at the morning pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.6) ātmā madhyaṃdinaḥ / > The torso is the midday \[pressing\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.7) sa vā eka eva bhavati / > and that is indeed one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.8) tasmān madhyaṃdine hotrā āśaṃsina ekadevatyāḥ śaṃsanti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > Therefore at midday those reciting along with the hotṛ recite \[verses\] addressed to a single deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.9) hotā ca niṣkevalyam / > and the hotṛ \[recites\] the niṣkevalya recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.10) ūrū maitrāvaruṇaś ca acchāvākāś ca / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > The two thighs are the maitrāvaruṇa and the acchāvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.11) tau vai dviguṇau bhavataḥ / > They are indeed twofold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.12) tasmāt tau tṛtīya savane dvidevatyāḥ śaṃsataḥ / > therefore the two recite \[verses\] addressed to dual deities at the third pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.13) idam eva śiśnam madhyam brāhmaṇācchaṃsī / > This penis in the middle is the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.14) tasmād dvirūpam jāyate strī ca pumāṃś ca / > therefore two forms are born: female and male. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.15) tasmād brāhmaṇācchaṃsī tṛtīya savane dvidevatyāḥ śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > Therefore the brāhmaṇācchaṃsī recites \[verses\] addressed to two deities at the third pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.16) brāhmaṇācchaṃsī bhūyiṣṭhāḥ śaṃsati / > The brāhmaṇācchaṃsī recites the most \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.17) madhyam vai brāhmaṇācchaṃsī / > For the brāhmaṇācchaṃsī is the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [28.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7.18) tasmād idam ātmano madhyam sthaviṣṭham / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > Therefore this middle of the body is thickest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.28.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.7) · Pramāṇa