[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) › 3.7.15 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.7.15 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 3.7.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.7.15) agnir vai devānām mukham / > iii. 6. In that he offers to Agni first of the deities, and because Agni is the mouth (beginning) of the gods, verily thus at the beginning he delights the gods. Now as to his sacrificing to Agni and Soma at the full moon offering, Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; with regard to them Indra could not hurl his bolt; for them he arranged the portion at the full moon > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.7.14) - [Next: 3.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.7.17) - [Up: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.7) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.3.7.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.7.15) · Pramāṇa