[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) › 5.9 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 5.9 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 5.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.1) atha yad agnim kavya vāhanam antato yajati / > Now, as to the fact that he sacrifices to Agni Kavyavāhana at the end: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.2) etat sviṣṭakṛto vai pitaraḥ / > the fathers have this \[deity\] for their Sviṣṭakṛt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.3) tasmād enam antato yajati / (Cāturmāsya) > Therefore he sacrifices to him at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.4) atha yad apa upaspṛśati tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > Now, as to the fact that he touches water, the explanation for this has already been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.5) atha yad iḍām upahūya avaghrāya na prāśnanti / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to the fact that after invoking and smelling the Iḍā, they do not eat of it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.6) paśavo vai iḍā / > the Iḍā is cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.7) na id yajamānasya paśun pravṛṇajāni iti / > \[thinking\], 'Lest I cut off the sacrificer's cattle.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.8) atha yad adhvaryuḥ pitṛbhyo dadāti / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to why the adhvaryu gives to the fathers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.9) pitṝn eva tat prīṇāti / > he thereby pleases the fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.10) atha yat pavitravati mārjayante tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to why they cleanse themselves with a strainer, the brāhmaṇa explanation of that has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.11) atha yad ṛcam japanti svastyayanam eva tat kurvate / > Now, as to why they mutter a verse, they thereby perform a rite of auspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.12) atha yad udañcaḥ paretya gārhapatyā āhavanīyā upatiṣṭhante / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to why, having gone towards the north, they revere the Gārhapatya and Āhavanīya \[fires\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.13) prītvā eva tad deveṣv antatato artham vadante / > having pleased \[the fathers\], they then state their wish among the gods at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.14) atho dakṣiṇā saṃstho vai pitṛ yajñaḥ / (Cāturmāsya) > Moreover, the sacrifice to the fathers indeed concludes in the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.15) tam eva etad udak saṃstham kurvanti / > They thereby make it conclude in the north. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.16) atha yat prāñca upaniṣkramya ādityam upatiṣṭhante / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to why, having stepped out towards the east, they revere the sun: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.17) deva loko vā ādityaḥ / > the sun is indeed the world of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.18) pitṛ lokaḥ pitaraḥ / > the fathers are the world of the fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.19) deva lokam eva tat pitṛ lokād abhyutkrāmanti / (Cāturmāsya) > They thereby step up to the world of the gods from the world of the fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.20) atha yat sūkta vāke yajamānasya nāma na gṛhṇāti / > Now, as to why he does not utter the name of the sacrificer in the sūktavāka: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.21) na id yajamānam pravṛṇajāni iti / (Cāturmāsya) > \[it is thinking\], 'Lest I cut off the sacrificer.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.22) atha yat patnī samyājair na caranti / > Now, as to why they do not perform the patnīsamyājas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.23) na it patnyaḥ pravṛṇajāma iti / (Cāturmāsya) > \[it is thinking\], 'Lest we cut off the wives.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.24) atha yad udañcaḥ paretya tryambakaiś caranti / > Now, as to why, having gone towards the north, they perform \[the rite\] with the Tryambaka \[cakes\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.25) rudram eva tat svāyām diśi prīṇanti / (Cāturmāsya) > they thereby please Rudra in his own quarter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.26) atho dakṣiṇā saṃstho vai pitṛ yajñaḥ / > Moreover, the sacrifice to the fathers indeed concludes in the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.27) tam eva etad udak saṃstham kurvanti / (Cāturmāsya) > They thereby make it conclude in the north. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.28) atha yad antata iṣṭvā iṣṭyā yajate / > Now, as to why, having sacrificed \[thus\], he sacrifices with an iṣṭi at the end: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.29) etat saṃsthā vai sākamedhāḥ / (Cāturmāsya) > the Sākamedha \[offerings\] indeed conclude with this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.30) tasmād antata iṣṭvā iṣṭyā yajate / > Therefore, having sacrificed \[thus\], he sacrifices with an iṣṭi at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.31) atha yat parastāt paurṇamāsena yajate / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to why he subsequently sacrifices with the full-moon sacrifice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9.32) tathā ha asya pūrva pakṣe sākamedhair iṣṭam bhavati / (Cāturmāsya) > thus indeed his sacrifice with the Sākamedhas is performed in the first half of the month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.5.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.1.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.9) · Pramāṇa