[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) › 30.6.17 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.6.17 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.6.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.6.17) tārkṣye dūrohaṇam rohati iti tad uktam / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > xxx. 9. ‘In the Tārkṣya he mounts the difficult mounting,’ it has been said. In Gāyatrī verses they give the lead for the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin on the second day, thereby he falls into the power of the Maitrāvaruṇa. ‘Forward to the most generous, the great, born of great wealth’ is a six verse (hymn ), twice as great as that of the Maitrāvaruṇa. The conclusion day by day is by Kṛṣṇa ; Kṛṣṇa Āṅgirasa saw this third pressing for the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin’s office; therefore day by day the conclusion is by Kṛṣṇa. In Anuṣṭubhs they give the lead for the Achāvāka on the third day; thereby he falls into the power of the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin. The ‘season mother’ (hymn ) has thirteen verses; it is twice as great as that of the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin and there is one verse over. The conclusion day by day is by Bharadvāja ; Bharadvāja saw this third pressing for the Achāvāka’s office; therefore day by day the conclusion is by Bharadvāja. The Achāvāka alternates the two Viṣṇu (hymns ), the conclusions the other two. The Maitrāvaruṇa and the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin have two conclusions; the Achāvāka has one conclusion. In that the Achāvāka has an unchanging conclusion, the Achāvāka is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 30.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.6.16) - [Next: 30.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.6.18) - [Up: 30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.6) ## 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.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.30.6.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.6.17) · Pramāṇa