[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) › 30.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.1) uṣṇikṣv acchāvākāya praṇayanti prathame ahan / > In Uṣṇih verses they lead on for the acchāvāka on the first day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.2) teno sa brāhmaṇācchaṃsino vaśam eti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > Thereby he comes under the control of the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.3) ṛtur janitrīyam trayodaśarcam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > The hymn consisting of thirteen verses, beginning with "The season is the begetter...", its explanation has been told. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.4) dvis tāvad yāvad brāhmaṇācchaṃsina ekā ca upa / > It is twice as much as that of the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, and one verse in addition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.5) bhāradvājo ahar ahaḥ paryāso bhavati / > A hymn by Bharadvāja is the concluding stanza day by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.6) bharadvājo ha etad acchāvākīyāyai tṛtīya savanam dadarśa / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > Bharadvāja indeed saw this third pressing for the acchāvāka's office. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.7) tasmād bhāradvājo ahar ahaḥ paryāso bhavati / > Therefore, day by day, the concluding verse is by Bharadvāja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.8) vaiṣṇave viparyasyaty acchāvākaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > The acchāvāka alternates between two verses addressed to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.9) paryāsāv itarau / > The other two have two concluding verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.10) dviparyāsua maitrāvaruṇaś ca brāhmaṇācchaṃsī ca / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > Both the Maitrāvaruṇa and the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin have two concluding verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.11) eka paryāso acchāvākaḥ / > The acchāvāka has a single concluding verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.12) tad yad acyuta paryāso acchāvākaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > As to why the acchāvāka has an unchanging concluding verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.13) pratiṣṭhā vā acchāvākaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / > The acchāvāka is indeed support; it is for support. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.14) ṣaṭtriṃśatam maitrāvaruṇaś caturviṃśe śaṃsati / > The Maitrāvaruṇa recites thirty-six \[verses\] on the twenty-fourth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxx. 10. Thirty-six (verses) the Maitrāvaruṇa recites at the Caturviṅça, forty the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin, and forty-four the Achāvāka. These are a hundred and twenty. A hundred and twenty are the days of the season; thus he obtains the season, with the season the year and the desires that are in the year. Five hymns the Maitrāvaruṇa recites on all the Chandoma days; the Chandomas are cattle; cattle are fivefold; verily (they > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [30.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.15) catvāriṃśatam brāhmaṇācchaṃsī / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > The Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin \[recites\] forty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.16) catuś catvāriṃśatam acchāvākaḥ / > The acchāvāka \[recites\] forty-four. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.17) tad viṃśati śatam / > That makes one hundred and twenty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.18) viṃśati śatam vā ṛtor ahāni / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > One hundred and twenty, indeed, are the days of a season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.19) tad ṛtum āpnuvanti / > Thus they obtain the season; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.20) ṛtunā saṃvatsaram / > through the season, the year; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7.21) ye ca saṃvatsare kāmāḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam)) > and whatever desires are in the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## 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.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.30.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.7) · Pramāṇa