[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) › 7.4 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.1) vicakṣaṇavatyā vācā tasya nāma gṛhṇīyāt / > his name he should utter with discerning speech; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.2) so tatra prāyaś cittiḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > that is the expiation in this case. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.3) cakṣur vai vicakṣaṇam / > The eye is indeed discerning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.4) cakṣuṣā hi vipaśyati / > for through the eye one sees distinctly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.5) ekā ha tv eva vyāhṛtir dīkṣita vādaḥ satyam eva / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > There is only one sacred utterance, the speech of the consecrated: truth alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.6) sa yaḥ satya vadati / > He who speaks truth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.7) sa dīkṣita iti ha sma āha / > he is the consecrated one—thus indeed he used to say. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.8) tad āhuḥ kasmād dīkṣito agnihotram na juhoti iti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > Regarding this they say: 'Why does the consecrated person not offer the agnihotra?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.9) asurā vā ātmann ajuhavur udvāte anagnau / > The Asuras offered within themselves, when \[the fire\] had blown out, without fire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.10) te parābhavann anagnau juhvataḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > they were defeated, offering without fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.11) atha devā imam eva prāṇam agnim antarā adadhata / > Then the gods placed this very breath as Agni within. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.12) tad yat sāyam prātar vratam pradīyate / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > Thus, that fast-milk is given in the evening and morning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.13) agnihotram ha eva asya etad asmin prāṇe agnau saṃtatam avyavacchinnam juhoti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > this is indeed his agnihotra that he offers in this breath as Agni, continuous and uninterrupted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.14) eṣā agnihotrasya saṃtatir dīkṣāsu / > This is the continuity of the agnihotra during the consecrations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.15) pra upasatsu caranti / > They proceed with the upasad days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4.16) kā mīmāṃsā sutyāyām / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > What doubt is there concerning the pressing day? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.7.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.4) · Pramāṇa