[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) › 4.1.6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.1.6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.1.6) atho āmāvāsyam eva etat pratyāharati yat paurṇamāsyām indram yajati / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 1. By means of the supplementary offering the gods smote away the Asuras; verily so also does the sacrificer by the supplementary offering smite away the foes that hate him. He offers to Indra, driver away of enemies, a cake on eleven potsherds. Indra is the smiter away of enemies; verily he smites away his enemies. Again, he adds on the new moon ceremonial. In that at the full moon sacrifice he offers to Indra, therein the sacrificer has the new and full moon sacrifices completed; if he were to incur a disaster in the second half of the month, there would not be a dragging apart of his sacrifice. In that in the new moon sacrifice he offers to Aditi, it is to balance the sacrifice. From the invitatory and offering verses it is possessed of the characteristic of driving away enemies. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 4.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.1.5) - [Next: 4.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.1.7) - [Up: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.4.p2) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.4.1.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.1.6) · Pramāṇa