[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) › 5.4.10 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 5.4.10 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 5.4.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.4.10) atha yad aindrāgno dvādaśa kapālaḥ / > v. 4. In that there is (a cake) on twelve potsherds for Indra and Agni, and Indra and Agni are supports, verily (it serves) for support. Indra is in the middle; therefore to him in the middle he sacrifices. In that there is a milk mess for Varuṇa, (it is because) Varuṇa is Indra, and he has milk as his portion; therefore there is a milk mess for Varuṇa. In that there is a milk mess for the Maruts, (it is because) the Maruts are situated in the waters; therefore with milk he sacrifices to them, for milk is the waters. Moreover the Maruts are Indra's, milk is Indra's; therefore is there a milk mess for the Maruts. In that there is (a cake) on one potsherd for Ka, > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 5.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.4.9) - [Next: 5.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.4.11) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.4) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.5.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.5.4.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.4.10) · Pramāṇa