[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) › 30.4 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.1) tam brāhmaṇācchaṃsine prayacchati / > He hands it over to the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.2) tam sa sukīrtinā yoninā pragigṛhṇāti jātam / > He receives him when born with the Sukīrti \[hymn\] as a womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.3) atha etam vṛṣākapim paṅkti śaṃsam śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) pañcapadā paṅktiḥ / > Then he recites this Vṛṣākapi \[hymn\] recited in Paṅktis. / The Paṅkti has five feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.5) pāṅkto vai yajño yajñasya avāptyai / > Fivefold is the sacrifice, for obtaining the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.6) nyūṅkhayati / > He inserts the nyūṅkha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.7) annam vai nyūṅkhaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > Food is the nyūṅkha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.8) jāta eva asmiṃs tad anna adyam pratidadhāti / > Thus as soon as he is born, he places food and nourishment in him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.9) atha etat kuntāpam yathā chandasam śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > Then he recites this Kuntāpa \[hymn\] according to the metres, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.10) sarveṣām eva chandasām āptyai / > for obtaining all the metres: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.11) nārāśaṃsī raibhīḥ kāravyā indra gāthā bhūtecchadaḥ pārikṣitīr etaśa pralāpam iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > the Nārāśaṃsīs, the Raibhīs, the Kāravyās, the Indra-gāthās, the Bhūtecchads, the Pārikṣitīs, and the Etaśapralāpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.12) etaśo ha vai munir yajñasya āyur dadarśa / > Etaśa the sage indeed saw the lifespan of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.13) sa ha putrān uvāca / putrakā yajñasya āyur adarśam tad abhilapṣyāmi / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > He said to his sons: / 'Dear sons, I have seen the lifespan of the sacrifice; I shall declare it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.15) māmām dṛptam mandhvam iti / > Do not think me mad.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.16) te ha tathā ity ūcuḥ / > They said, 'So be it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.17) tadd ha abhilalāpa / > He then declared it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.18) tasya ha jyeṣṭhaḥ putro abhisṛpya mukham apijagrāha / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > His eldest son crawled up to him and seized his mouth, \[saying\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.19) adṛpad vai naḥ pitā iti / > 'Our father has gone mad!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.20) tam ha uvāca / > He said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.21) apanaśya dhik tvā jālmāstu.(.jālma astu.?) / > 'Perish! Fie on you, wretch! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.22) pāpiṣṭhām te prajām kariṣyāmi / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > I shall make your offspring the worst! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.23) yad vai me jālma mukham na apy agrahīṣyaḥ / śata āyuṣam gām akariṣyam sahasra āyuṣam puruṣam iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > If you, wretch, had not stopped my mouth, / I would have made cattle live a hundred years, and man live a thousand years!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.25) tasmād aitaśāyanā ājāneyāḥ santo bhṛgūṇām pāpiṣṭhāḥ pitrā abhiśaptāḥ svayā devatayā svena prajāpatinā / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > Therefore the Aitaśāyanas, though of noble birth, are the worst among the Bhṛgus, cursed by their father, by their own deity, by their own Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.30.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4) · Pramāṇa