[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) › 7.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.1) āgura udṛcam iti iḍāyām ca sūkta vāke ca āha / > In the Iḍā and in the Sūktavāka he says: 'To the completion of the ritual chant (āgura udṛcam).' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.2) yadā vā āgnāvaiṣṇavaḥ puroḍāśo nirupyate / > 'When the sacrificial cake for Agni and Viṣṇu is offered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.3) atha eva dīkṣita iti ha sma āha / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > at that point he is consecrated,' so he used to say. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.4) tasmād āgura udṛcam ity eva brūyāt / > Therefore he should simply say: 'To the completion of the ritual chant (āgura udṛcam).' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.5) yathā eva dīkṣitasya na sūkta vāke yajamānasya nāma gṛhṇāti / > Just as \[the hotṛ\] does not mention the name of the consecrated sacrificer in the sūktavāka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.6) deva garbho vā eṣa yad dīkṣitaḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > for he who is consecrated is indeed an embryo of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.7) na vā ajātasya garbhasya nāma kurvanti / > and they do not give a name to an unborn embryo; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.8) tasmād asya nāma na gṛhṇāti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > therefore he does not mention his name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.9) na vede patnīm vācayati na evam stṛṇāti / > He does not make the wife recite over the veda; he does not strew \[it\] thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.10) asaṃsthita iva vā atra yajño yat saumyo adhvaraḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > For here the sacrifice is, as it were, uncompleted, because it is a Soma sacrifice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.11) na it purā kālāt saumyam adhvaram saṃsthāpayāni iti / > \[he does so\] lest he bring the Soma sacrifice to completion before its proper time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.12) tad āhuḥ kasmād dīkṣitasya aśanam na aśnanti iti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > Regarding this they say: 'Why do they not eat the food of a consecrated person?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.13) havir eṣa bhavati yad dīkṣate / > He becomes an oblation when he undergoes consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.14) tad yathā haviṣo anavattasya aśnīyād evam tat / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > It is just as if one were to eat of an oblation from which the portions have not been cut off. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.15) kāmam prasūte aśnīyāt / > At will one may eat when it has been pressed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.16) tad yathā haviṣo yāta yāmasya aśnīyād evam u tat / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > For it is just as if one were to eat of an oblation that has passed its sacrificial moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.17) tad āhuḥ kasmād dīkṣitasya anye nāma na gṛhṇanti iti / > Regarding this they say: 'Why do others not utter the name of a consecrated person?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.18) agim vā ātmānam dīkṣamāṇo abhidīkṣate / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > In undergoing consecration, he is consecrated towards Agni as himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.19) tad yad asya anye nāma na gṛhṇanti / > As to why others do not utter his name, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.20) na id agnim āsīdāma iti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > \[it is\] lest they come too near to Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.21) yad u so anyasya nāma na gṛhṇāti / > And as to why he does not utter the name of another, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.22) na id enam agni bhūtaḥ pradahāni iti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > \[it is\] lest, having become Agni, he burn him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.23) yam eva diṣyāt / > Whomever he hates, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.24) tasya dīkṣitaḥ san nāma graseta eva / > his name he should indeed swallow, being consecrated; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.25) tad eva enam agni bhūtaḥ pradahati / > then, having become Agni, he burns him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3.26) atha yam icchet / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > Now whomever he favors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.7.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.3) · Pramāṇa