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His vow is ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.2) tam abravīt kathā mā abhyāyacchasi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.3) pañcamam me nāma kurv ity abravīt / > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.4) na vā idam caturbhir nāmabhir annam atsyāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.5) sa vai tvam ity abravīn mahān eva deva iti / > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.6) yan mahān deva ādityas tena / > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.7) na ha vā enam mahān devo hinasti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.8) na asya prajām na asya paśūn na asya bruvāṇam cana / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.9) atha ya enam dveṣṭi / > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.10) sa eva pāpīyān bhavati / > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.11) na sa ya evam veda / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [6.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.12) tasya vratam udyantam eva enam na īkṣeta astam yantam ca iti / > vi. 6. A fifth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fifth name, for with four names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the great god.’ Since the sun is the great god, thereby the great god 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 ‘One should not look at him on his rising or on his setting.’ > — 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.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.1-12) · Pramāṇa