[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) › 7.1 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.1 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.1) vāg dīkṣā / > Speech is the consecration (dīkṣā); > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.2) vācā hi dīkṣate / > for through speech one consecrates oneself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.3) prāṇo dīkṣitaḥ / > The breath is the consecrated one (dīkṣita). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.4) vācā vai dīkṣayā devāḥ prāṇena dīkṣitena sarvān kāmān ubhayataḥ parigṛhya ātmann adadhata / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > By speech as consecration, by breath as the consecrated one, the gods grasped all desires on both sides and placed them in themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.5) tatho eva etad yajamāno vācā eva dīkṣatā prāṇena dīkṣitena sarvān kāmān ubhayataḥ parigṛhya ātman dhatte / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > In the very same way, the sacrificer, by speech consecrating, by breath consecrated, grasps all desires on both sides and places them in himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.6) āgnāvaiṣṇavam ekādaśa kapālam puroḍāśam nirvapati / > He offers an eleven-potsherd sacrificial cake to Agni and Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.7) agnir vai devānām avara ardhyo viṣṇuḥ para ardhyaḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > Agni is the lowest of the gods; Viṣṇu is the highest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.8) tad yaś caiva devānām avara ardhyo yaś ca para ardhyaḥ / > Therefore, whoever is the lowest of the gods and whoever is the highest— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.9) tābhyām eva etat sarvā devatāḥ parigṛhya salokatām āpnoti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > by these two he encompasses all deities and attains companionship in their world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.10) tasmāt kāmam pūrvo dīkṣitvā saṃsunuyāt / > Therefore, having consecrated oneself beforehand, one may press Soma at will \[even if another presses\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.11) pūrvasya hy asya devatāḥ parigṛhītā bhavanti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > for the deities of him who is first have been grasped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1.12) aśarīrābhiḥ prāṇa dīkṣābhir dīkṣate / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > He consecrates himself with bodiless consecrations of breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.7.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.7.1) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.7.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.1) · Pramāṇa