[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) › 8.12.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.12.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 8.12.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.12.5) yathā dvi rātram evam tat / > night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 8.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.12.4) - [Next: 8.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.12.6) - [Up: 8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.12) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.8.p20) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.8.12.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.12.5) · Pramāṇa