[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) › 7.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.1) atha ataḥ kaiśinī dīkṣā / > Now then, the consecration of Keśin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.2) keśī ha dārbhyo dīkṣito niṣasāda / > Keśī Dārbhya, having consecrated himself, sat down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.3) tam ha hiraṇmayaḥ śakuna āpatya uvāca / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > A golden bird flew to him and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.4) adīkṣito vā asi dikṣām aham veda tām te bravāṇi / > 'You are unconsecrated. I know the consecration; let me tell it to you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.5) sakṛd ayaje tasya kṣayād bibhemi / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > 'I have sacrificed once; I fear the exhaustion of that \[sacrifice\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.6) sakṛd iṣṭasya ho tvam akṣitim vettha tām tvam mahyam iti / > 'Do you know the imperishability of what has been sacrificed once? Tell it to me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.7) sa ha tathā ity uvāca / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > He said: 'So be it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.8) tau ha samprocāte / > The two conversed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.9) sa ha sa āsa / > He was indeed that \[person\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.10) ulo vā vārṣṇa vṛddha iṭan vā kāvyaḥ śikhaṇḍī vā yājñasenaḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > either Ula Vārṣṇavṛddha, or Iṭaṅga Kāvya, or Śikhaṇḍin Yājñasena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.11) yo vā sa āsa sa sa āsa / > Whichever of these he was, that he was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.12) sa ha uvāca / > He said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.13) śarīrāṇi vā etayā iṣṭyā dīkṣante / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > 'The bodies indeed undergo consecration through this iṣṭi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.14) yā vā imāḥ puruṣe devatāḥ / > Whatever these deities in the person are, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.15) yasya etā dīkṣante / > he whose deities these undergo consecration, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5.16) sa dīkṣita iti ha sma āha / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi) > he is the consecrated one'—thus indeed he used to say. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.7.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.5) · Pramāṇa