[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) › 8.10 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.10 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 8.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.1) anavānam anubrūyāt prāṇānām saṃtatyai / > He should recite without taking breath, for the continuity of the vital breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.2) saṃtatā iva hi ime prāṇāḥ / (soma: upasadah) > For these vital breaths are continuous, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.3) tris trir eka ekām anvāha / > He recites each one three times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.4) trayo vā ime lokāḥ / > For these worlds are three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.5) imān eva tal lokān āpnoti / (soma: upasadah) > He thereby wins these worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.6) tāḥ samanūktā nava sampadyante / > Recited together, they amount to nine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.7) ṣaḍ vā ṛtavas traya ime lokāḥ / (soma: upasadah) > The seasons are six, and these worlds are three; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.8) etad eva tad abhisampadyante / > to that very \[number\] they amount. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.9) na etam nigadam brūyād ya eṣa sāmidhenīṣu / (soma: upasadah) > He should not utter that sacrificial formula which is in the kindling verses; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.10) utsṛjyante ha nigadāḥ / > for the sacrificial formulas are omitted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.11) jāmi ha syād ya etam nigadam brūyāt / (soma: upasadah) > It would be redundant if he were to utter this formula. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.12) na āvāhayec cana iti ha eka āhuḥ / > "He should not even invoke \[the gods\]," some say; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.13) kim u devatām anvāvāhya jayed iti / (soma: upasadah) > "for what deity could he win by invoking them in succession?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.14) ṛca eva āvāhayet / > He should invoke with the verses themselves: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.15) agnim āvaha somam āvaha viṣṇum āvaha iti / (soma: upasadah) > "Bring Agni hither, bring Soma hither, bring Viṣṇu hither." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.16) tā vai tisro devatā yajati / > He sacrifices to those three deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.17) trayo vā ime lokāḥ / > Three, indeed, are these worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10.18) imān eva tal lokān jyotiṣmataḥ karoti / (soma: upasadah) > He thereby makes these worlds full of light. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.8.10.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.8.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.10) · Pramāṇa