[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) › 30.5.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.5.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.5.3) vayam pūrve svargam lokam eṣyāma ity ādityāḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) vayam ity aṅgirasaḥ / > xxx. 6. (The verses) of the Ādityas and Aṅgirases he recites next. The Ādityas and the Aṅgirases were at variance, 'We shall go first to the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 30.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.5.2) - [Next: 30.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.5.5) - [Up: 30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.5) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.30.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.30.5.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.5.3) · Pramāṇa