[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) › 6.9 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.9 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.1) indro vai devānām ojiṣṭho baliṣṭhas tasmā enat pariharata iti / > 'Indra is the mightiest and strongest of the gods; bring it to him.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.2) tat tasmai parijahruḥ / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > They brought it to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.3) tat sa brahmaṇā śamayām cakāra / > He appeased it with the holy power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.4) tasmād āha indro brahmā iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Therefore one says, 'Indra is the brahman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.5) tat pratīkṣate mitrasya tvā cakṣuṣā pratīkṣa iti / > He gazes upon it, saying, 'With the eye of Mitra I gaze upon you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.6) mitrasya eva entat tac cakṣuṣā śamayati / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > With the eye of Mitra indeed he thereby appeases it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.7) atha entat pratigṛhṇāti devasya tvā savituḥ prasave aśvinor bāhubhyām pūṣṇo hastābhyām pratigṛhṇāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Then he receives it, saying, 'At the impulse of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I receive you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.8) etābhir eva enat tad devatābhiḥ śamayati / > With these deities indeed he thereby appeases it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.9) tad vyūhya tṛṇāni prāg daṇḍam sthaṇḍile sādayati pṛthivyās tv ānābhau sādayāmy ādityā upastha iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Having pushed aside the grass, he places it on the bare ground with the handle pointing east, saying, 'On the navel of the earth I place you, in the lap of Aditi.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.10) pṛthivī vā annānām śamayitrī / > The earth indeed is the appeaser of foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.11) śamayaty eva enat tat / > He thereby appeases it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.12) tata ādāya prāśnāty agneṣ ṭv āsyena prāśnāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Taking it from there, he eats it, saying, 'With the mouth of Agni I eat you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.13) agnir vā annānām śamayitā / > Agni indeed is the appeaser of foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.14) śamayaty eva enat tat / > He thereby appeases it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.15) atha apo anvācāmati śāntir asi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Then he sips water after it, saying, 'Peace are you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.16) śāntir vai bhṣajam āpaḥ / > Water indeed is peace and medicine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.17) śāntir eva eṣā bheṣajam yajñe kriyate / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Peace indeed, medicine, is thereby produced in the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.1_2) atha prāṇānt sammṛśate / > Then he touches his vital breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.2_2) tad yad eva atra prāṇānām krūrī kṛtam yad viliṣṭam tad eva etad āpyāyayati tad bhiṣajyati / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Whatever of the vital breaths has here been wounded or injured, that he thereby restores, that he heals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.3_2) indrasya tvā jaṭhare sādayāmi iti nābhim antato abhimṛśate / > Finally he touches his navel, saying, 'In the belly of Indra I place you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.4_2) indro hy eva enat śamayām cakāra / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > For Indra indeed appeased it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.5_2) atha yat sāvitreṇa japena prasauti / > Now, as to the fact that he impels with the whisper addressed to Savitṛ, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.6_2) savitā vai prasavitā karmaṇa eva prasavāya / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Savitṛ is the impeller, for the impelling of the ritual act. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.7_2) prajāpatir ha yajñam sasṛje / > Prajāpati created the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.8_2) so agnyādheyena eva reto asṛjata / > By the establishment of the sacred fires alone he emitted the seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.9_2) devān manuṣyān asurān ity agnihotreṇa / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > With the Agnihotra, \[he created\] gods, humans, and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.10_2) darśa pūrṇa māsābhyām indram asṛjata / > With the New and Full Moon sacrifices, he created Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.11_2) tebhya etad anna pānam sasṛje / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > For them he created this food and drink: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.12\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.12_2) etān havir yajñānt saumyam adhvaram iti / > these oblation-sacrifices and the Soma sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.13\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.13_2) atho yam yam kāmam aicchaṃs tam tam etair ayanair āpuḥ / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > Then, whatever desire they desired, that they obtained by these courses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.14_2) anna adyam āgrayaṇena / > \[They obtained\] food and nourishment by the Āgrayaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.15_2) tad āhuḥ kasmād ayanāni iti / > Regarding this they say: 'Why are they called courses (ayana)?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.9.16\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9.16_2) gamanāny eva bhavanti kāmasya kāmasya svargasya ca lokasya / (Zūlagava: brahmatva) > They are indeed attainments (gamana) of every desire and of the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.6.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.4.7.7) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.6.9) · 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