[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) › 7.8 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.8 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.1) atha abravīd aditiḥ / > Then Aditi said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.2) mahyam ekām anna āhutim juhuta aham ekām diśam prajñāsyāmi iti / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > "Offer me one oblation of food; I will discern one quarter." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.3) tasyā ajuhavuḥ / > They offered to her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.4) sā ūrdhvām diśam prājānāt / > She discerned the upward quarter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.5) iyam vā aditiḥ / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > This \[earth\] is indeed Aditi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.6) tasmād asyām ūrdhvā oṣadhaya ūrdhvā vanaspataya ūrdhvā manuṣyā uttiṣṭhanti / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > Therefore on her herbs stand upright, trees stand upright, human beings stand upright. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.7) ūrdhvo agnir dīpyate / > Agni blazes upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.8) yad asyām kiṃca ūrdhvam eva tad āyattam / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > Whatever is on her, that is turned upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.9) eṣā hi tasyai dik prajñātā / > For this is her recognized quarter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.10) evam vai devāḥ prāyaṇīyena svargaṃl lokam prājānat / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > Thus indeed the gods discerned the heavenly world by means of the introductory \[sacrifice\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.11) tatho eva etad yajamāna evam eva prāyaṇīyena eva svargaṃl lokam prajānāti / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > Just so the sacrificer likewise discerns the heavenly world by means of the introductory \[sacrifice\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.12) te same syātām prāyaṇīya udayanīye / > The two—the introductory and the concluding \[sacrifices\]—should be equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.13) deva ratho vā eṣa yad yajñaḥ / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > This sacrifice is indeed a chariot of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.14) tasya ete pakṣasī yat prāyaṇīya udayanīye / > Its two side-panels are the introductory and the concluding \[sacrifices\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.15) te yaḥ same kurute / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > He who makes them equal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.16) yathā ubhayataḥ pakṣasā rathena ugra vāhaṇena dhāvayann adhvānam yatra akūtam samaśnuvīta / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > just as driving along the course in a chariot having both side-panels and powerful draft-animals, one would attain where one intended, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.17) evam sa svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute / > so he safely attains the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.18) atha yo viṣame kurute / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > Now he who makes them unequal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.19) yathā anyatarataḥ pakṣasā rathena ugra vāhaṇena dhāvayann adhvānam yatra akūtam na samaśnuvīta / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > just as driving along the course in a chariot having a side-panel on one side only and powerful draft-animals, one would not attain where one intended, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.20) evam sa na svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute / > so he does not safely attain the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.8.21) tasmāt same eva syātām prāyaṇīya udayanīye / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi) > Therefore the introductory and concluding \[sacrifices\] should indeed be equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.7.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.3.2.3.19) — Sanskrit --- 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