[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) › 6.1.4 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.1.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.1.4) tān abravīd yūyam api tapyadhvam iti / > vi. 1. Prajāpati, being desirous of propagation, underwent penance; from him when heated were born five, Agni, Vāyu, Āditya, Candramas, and Uṣas as fifth. He said to them, ‘Do ye also practise fervour.’ They consecrated themselves; then when they had consecrated themselves and had acquired fervour, Uṣas, offspring of Prajāpati, taking the form of an Apsaras, came out in front of them; to her their minds inclined; they poured out seed; they went to Prajāpati, their father, and said, ‘We have poured out seed; let it not remain here ’. Prajāpati made a golden bowl, an arrow breadth in height and similar in breadth; in it he poured the seed; then arose he of a thousand eyes, of a thousand feet, with a thousand fitted (arrows). > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.1.3) - [Next: 6.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.1.5) - [Up: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.6.p3) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.1.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.1.4) · Pramāṇa