[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) › 6.3.45 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.3.45 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.3.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.45) atha ya enam dveṣṭi / > vi. 9. An eighth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me an eighth name, for with seven names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the thunderbolt.’ Since Indra is the thunderbolt, thereby the thunderbolt harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.44) - [Next: 6.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.46) - [Up: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.3.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.45) · Pramāṇa