[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) › 6.2.9-20 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.2.9-20 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.2.9-20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.9) tam dvitīyam abhyāyacchat / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.10) tam abravīt kathā mā abhyāyacchasi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.11) dvitīyam me nāma kurv ity abravīt / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.12) na vā idam ekena nāmnā annam atsyāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.13) sa vai tvam ity abravīt śarva eva iti / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.14) yat śarvo agnis tena / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.15) na ha vā enam śarvo hinasti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.16) na asya prajām na asya paśūn na asya bruvāṇam cana / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.17) atha ya enam dveṣṭi / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.18) sa eva pāpīyān bhavati / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.19) na sa ya evam veda / > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.20) tasya vratam sarvam eva na aśnīyād iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’ > — 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.6.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.2.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.6.3) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.6.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.9-20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.2.9-20) · Pramāṇa