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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.7

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.1)

atha ato munyayanasya /

> iv 10. Next as to the Munyayana. He who means to proceed with the Munyayana begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring all; with it should one desiring all sacrifice.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [4.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.2)

munyayanena iṣyann etasyām eva paurṇamāsyām prayuṅkte tasyā uktam brāhmaṇam / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)

> iv 10. Next as to the Munyayana. He who means to proceed with the Munyayana begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring all; with it should one desiring all sacrifice.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [4.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.3)

sa eṣa sarva kāmasya yajñaḥ /

> iv 10. Next as to the Munyayana. He who means to proceed with the Munyayana begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring all; with it should one desiring all sacrifice.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [4.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.4)

tena sarva kāmo yajeta /

> iv 10. Next as to the Munyayana. He who means to proceed with the Munyayana begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring all; with it should one desiring all sacrifice.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [4.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.5)

atha atas turāyaṇasya / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)

> iv. 11. Next as to the Turāyaṇa. He who means to proceed with the Turāyaṇa begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of this has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring heaven; with it should one  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [4.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.6)

turāyaṇena iṣyann etasyām eva paurṇamāsyām prayuṅkte tasyā uktam brāhmaṇam / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)

> iv. 11. Next as to the Turāyaṇa. He who means to proceed with the Turāyaṇa begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of this has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring heaven; with it should one  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [4.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.7.7)

sa eṣa svarga kāmasya yajñaḥ /

> iv. 11. Next as to the Turāyaṇa. He who means to proceed with the Turāyaṇa begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of this has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring heaven; with it should one  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [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.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.4.7.1) — English, machine translation

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