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He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.2) dākṣāyaṇa yajñena iṣyan phālgunyām paurṇamāsyām prayuṅkte / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.3) mukham vā etat saṃvatsarasya yat phālgunī paurṇamāsī / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.4) tasmāt tasyām adīkṣita ayanāni prayujyante / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.5) atho dakṣo ha vai pārvatir etena yajñena iṣṭvā sarvān kāmān āpa / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.6) tad yad dākṣāyaṇa yajñena yajate / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.7) sarveṣām eva kāmānām āptyai / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.8) nāśane kāmam āpayīta / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.9) somam rājānam candramasam bhakṣayāni iti manasā dhyāyann aśnīyāt / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.10) tad asau vai somo rājā vicakṣaṇaś candramāḥ / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.11) tam etam apara parkṣam devā abhiṣuṇvanti / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.12) tad yad apara pakṣam dākṣāyaṇa yajñasya vratāni caranti / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.13) devānām api soma pītho asāni iti / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.14) .atha yad upavasathe agnīṣomīyam ekādaśa kapālam puroḍāśam nirvapati / > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.15) ya eva asau somasya upavasathe agnīṣomīyaḥ / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.16) tam eva asya tena āpnoti / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.17) atha yat prātar āmāvāsyena yajate / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.18) aindram vai sutyam ahaḥ / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.19) tat sutyam ahar āpnoti / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.20) atha yad amāvāsyāyā upavasatha aindrāgnam dvādaśa kapālam puroḍāśam nirvapati / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.21) aindrāgnam vai sāmatas tṛtīya savanam / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.22) tat tṛtīya savanam āpnoti / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.23) atha yan maitrāvaruṇī payasyā / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.24) maitrāvaruṇī vā anūbandhyā / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.25) tad anūbandhyām āpnoti / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.26) sa eṣa somo havir yajñān anupraviṣṭaḥ / > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4.27) tasmād adīkṣito dīṣkita vrato bhavati / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > Agni and Soma which is offered on the fast day of the Soma (sacrifice). In that he sacrifices in the morning with the new moon offerings, and the pressing day is Indra's, thus he obtains the pressing day. In that at the new moon offering on the fast day he offers a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra and Agni and the third pressing belongs as regards its Sāman to Indra and Agni, thus he obtains the third pressing. In that there is a milk mess for Mitra and Varuṇa, and the offering (of a cow) is for Mitra and Varuṇa, thus he obtains the offering of a cow. Thus Soma is present, having penetrated the Haviryajñas; therefore though unconsecrated he performs the vows of the consecrated. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## 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.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.4.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.4) · Pramāṇa