[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) › 4.7.11-14 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.7.11-14 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.7.11-14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.11) brahmaṇā eva tad ātmānam samardhayati / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > desiring heaven sacrifice. In that he puts on a black antelope’s skin, and the black antelope’s skin is the holy power, verily thus he unites the sacrifice with holy power. There are three oblations; these worlds are three; verily thus he obtains these worlds. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.12) tāni vai trīṇi havīṃṣi bhavanti / > desiring heaven sacrifice. In that he puts on a black antelope’s skin, and the black antelope’s skin is the holy power, verily thus he unites the sacrifice with holy power. There are three oblations; these worlds are three; verily thus he obtains these worlds. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.13) trayo vā ime lokāḥ / > desiring heaven sacrifice. In that he puts on a black antelope’s skin, and the black antelope’s skin is the holy power, verily thus he unites the sacrifice with holy power. There are three oblations; these worlds are three; verily thus he obtains these worlds. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.14) imān eva tal lokān āpnoti / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > desiring heaven sacrifice. In that he puts on a black antelope’s skin, and the black antelope’s skin is the holy power, verily thus he unites the sacrifice with holy power. There are three oblations; these worlds are three; verily thus he obtains these worlds. > — 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.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.4.7.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.11-14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.11-14) · Pramāṇa