[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) › 29.5.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.5.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 29.5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.5.3) virājaś ca vaimadyaś ca caturthe ahan / > middle (set of) three days contains the Çilpas. Virāj verses and verses by Vimada (are used) on the first day, for the fourth day is connected with the Virāj. Paṅkti and great Paṅkti verses (are used) on the fifth day, for the fifth day is connected with the Paṅkti. Atichandas verses (are used) on the sixth day, for the sixth day is connected with the Atichandas. Moreover that which is performed without the Bṛhatī is not a Pṛṣṭha; the Pṛṣṭhas here fall away from the Bṛhatī; verily thus day by day they continue finding support in the Çilpas. Moreover the middle (set of) three days is the atmosphere; the atmosphere is without base or support; verily thus day by day they continue finding support in the Çilpas. They are triplets; the Çilpa is threefold, dancing, music, and singing. Verily thus day by day they continue finding support in them. 'Praise nought else' and 'Let us not fear, let us not be troubled' is the Pṛṣṭha for the Maitrāvaruṇa on the tenth day by Medhātithi, for his Pṛṣṭha is not performed on Bṛhatī verses before the tenth day; prosperity is solitary; the Bṛhatī is prosperity; verily thus at the end he finds support in prosperity. Having recited (verses) of two Padas, they recite (the hymn) of the one day (rite); the one day (rite) is a support; the tenth day is a support; (the verses) of two Padas are the metre in which support can be found; verily (they serve) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 29.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.5.2) - [Next: 29.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.5.4) - [Up: 29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.5) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.29.p10) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.29.5.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.5.3) · Pramāṇa