[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) › 6.3.46 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.3.46 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.3.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.46) sa eva pāpīyān bhavati / > him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘Let him speak truth only, and let him bear gold.’ This is the great god of eight names, distributed eightfold; up to the eighth generation his offspring eats food; ever more brilliant is a son born in the offspring of him who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.45) - [Next: 6.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.47) - [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.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.3.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.3.46) · Pramāṇa