[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) › 3.3.18 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.3.18 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 3.3.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3.18) catuṣṭayam vā idam sarvam / > ficer, it is because the gods do not eat the oblation of one who has not descent from a Ṛṣi. Therefore he utters his descent from a Ṛṣi. He connects the address of fifteen elements; it is the Nivid of the kindling verses; therefore has it fifteen elements; for the kindling verses are fifteen. It is not in metre; all this is twofold, metrical and not in metre; (he says it thinking), ‘With all this let me praise Agni.’ Having connected seven elements he should stop; the metres are seven; verily (they serve) to obtain all the metres. Then (come) four, then four; all this is fourfold; verily (they serve) to obtain all this. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3.17) - [Next: 3.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3.19) - [Up: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3) ## 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.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.3.3.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3.18) · Pramāṇa