[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) › 8.4.1 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.4.1 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 8.4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.4.1) śiro vā etad yajñasya yan mahā vīraḥ / > viii. 3. The Mahāvīra is the head of the sacrifice; he should not at the first sacrifice place it on the fire; the second sacrifice condescends to him who does not place it on the fire in the first sacrifice. Nevertheless for him who is a learned Brahman he may place it in the fire. It is the self of the sacrifice; verily thus with the self he completes the sacrifice. The Mahāvīra is he yonder that gives heat; verily thus he delights him. Him should he praise with a hundred and one (verses); at a hundred leagues hence he gives heat; with a hundred he attains the journey of a hundred leagues; the hundred and first is the world of the sacrificer; of this self the sacrificer becomes master. The man of whom men speak in the sun is Indra, is Prajāpati, is the holy power; thus herein the sacrificer attains identity of world and union with all the deities. Without taking in breath, should he praise, for the continuity of the breaths, for these breaths are continuous as it were. Both aloud and audibly should he praise; the praise is the breaths, for it is expressed, for it has speech as its deity. He utters in praise verses to Savitṛ first, to secure instigation by Savitṛ; to one instigated by Savitṛ no possible injury happens; (verily thus it serves) to secure freedom from injury. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 8.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.3.16) - [Next: 8.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.4.2) - [Up: 8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.4) ## 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.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.8.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.4.1) · Pramāṇa