[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) › 6.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.1) eṣa ha vai yajñasya vyṛddhim samardhayati ya etābhir vyāhṛtibhiḥ prāyaścittim karoti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > He indeed makes prosper what has failed in the sacrifice who performs an expiation with these mystical utterances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.2) na ha vā upasṛto brūyān na aham etad veda ity etā vyāhṛtīr vidvān / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > When approached, he who knows these mystical utterances should certainly not say, 'I do not know this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.3) sarvam ha vā u sa veda ya etā vyāhṛtīr veda / > For indeed he knows all who knows these mystical utterances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.4) tad yathā ha vai dāruṇaḥ śleṣma saṃśleṣaṇam syāt paricarmaṇyam vā / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Just as there might be a glue joining wood, or leather-work \[joining parts\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.5) evam eva etā vyāhṛtayaḥ sarvasyai trayyai vidyāyai saṃśleṣiṇyaḥ / > in the same way these mystical utterances are joiners for the entire threefold knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.6) atha yad brahma sadanāt tṛṇam nirasyati / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Now, when he throws away a blade of grass from the seat of the brahman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.7) śodhayaty eva enat tat / > he thereby purifies it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.8) atha upaviśati idam aham arvāvasoḥ sadasi sīdāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Then he sits down, saying, 'Here I sit in the seat of Arvāvasu.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.9) arvāvasur ha vai devānām brahmā / > Arvāvasu indeed was the brahman of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.10) tam eva etat pūrvam sādayaty ariṣṭam yajñam tanutād iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Him indeed he seats first with the thought, 'Perform the sacrifice uninjured.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.11) atha upaviśya japati bṛhaspatir brahmā iti / > Then, having sat down, he whispers, 'Bṛhaspati is the brahman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7.12) bṛhaspatir ha vai devānām brahmā / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Bṛhaspati indeed is the brahman of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.1.5.1.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.7) · Pramāṇa