[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) › 3.12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.1) somam prathamam yajati / > He sacrifices to Soma first; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.2) retas tat siñcati / > thereby he pours seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.3) tvaṣṭāram dvitīyam / > To Tvaṣṭṛ second; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.4) tvaṣṭā vai retaḥ ṣiktam vikaroti / > Tvaṣṭṛ indeed transforms the poured seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.5) tataḥ patnyaḥ / (DpM) > Then the wives; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.6) patnī samyājā hy ete / > for these are the Patnīsamyājas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.7) atha yad agnim gṛhapatim antato yajati / > Now, as to why he sacrifices to Agni Gṛhapati at the end; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.8) etat sviṣṭakṛto vai patnyaḥ / (DpM) > this \[Agni Gṛhapati\] is the Sviṣṭakṛt of the wives; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.9) tasmād enam antato yajati / > therefore he sacrifices to him at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.10) atha ya apa upaspṛśati tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (DpM) > Now, as to his touching water, the explanation thereof has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.11) atha yad ṛcam japati svastyayanam eva tat kurute / (DpM) > Now, when he mutters a verse, he makes a prayer for well-being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.12) atha yad ilām upahvayate yan mārjayate yat śamyor vākam āha tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (DpM) > Now, as to his invoking the iḍā, cleansing himself, and reciting the Śaṃyorvāka, the explanation thereof has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.13) atha yad vede patnīm vācayati / > Now, as to his making the wife recite over the veda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.14) vṛṣā vai vedaḥ / > the veda is male, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.15) yoṣā patnī / (DpM) > the wife is female. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.16) mithunam eva tat patnīṣu dadhāti / > Thus he places a pair in the wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.17) tasmāt patnī veda tṛṇāny antara ūrū kurute / (DpM) > Therefore the wife puts blades of grass from the veda between her thighs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.18) atha yad vedam stṛṇāti / > Now when he strews the veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.19) tena ha asya darśa pūrṇa māsau saṃtatau bhavataḥ / (DpM) > thereby his New and Full Moon sacrifices become continuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.20) atho etena eva asya agnihotram stīrṇa barhir bhavati / > And also thereby his agnihotra has its barhis strewn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.21) atha yad veda atiśeṣam upatiṣṭhate / (DpM) > Now when he attends upon the remainder of the veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.22) āśiṣam eva tad vadate / > he thereby speaks a benediction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.23) atha yad āhavanīyam upatiṣṭhate / > Now when he attends upon the Āhavanīya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.24) prītvā eva tad deveṣv antato artham vadate / > having pleased \[the gods\], he thereby speaks his purpose finally among the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [3.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.25) atha yad apa upaspṛśati / > Now when he touches water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [3.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.26) śāntir vai bheṣajam āpaḥ / > water is indeed peace and medicine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [3.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12.27) śāntir eva eṣā bheṣajam antato yajñe kriyate antato yajñe kriyate / (DpM) > Peace and medicine are thus made at the end of the sacrifice, at the end of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.3.p18) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.3.12.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.12) · Pramāṇa