[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) › 8.6.23 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.6.23 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 8.6.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.6.23) tena u sā ānantaritā bhavati / > verse; they make up twelve (verses) for (Soma) the purifying; verily with these he accompanies the call of Hail! for Soma. ‘May Vena impel those born of Pṛṣni’ (he says); Vena is Indra; verily with these verses he accompanies the call of Hail! for Indra. Of this (hymn) one verse, ‘The eagle flying in the vault,’ he omits; this is the radiance of the self; this (verse) he inserts in the later (verses), thereby it is not removed. For one who is spoken ill of on both sides of the Vena (hymn) he should utter in praise (the verses) for (Soma) the purifying; Vena is the self; (the verses) for (Soma) the purifying are a purifier; verily thus he purifies him. He utters in praise verses for Brahmaṇaspati which are appropriate, ‘Thee, lord of hosts, we invoke’; that is the head; Brahmaṇaspati is the holy power; verily by the holy power he perfects the head. When he approaches (the verse ) ‘May we speak aloud in the assembly with good sons,’ he should think of a son for one desiring a son; he obtains a son. ‘What offering will win your favour, O Açvins?’ these are nine aimless verses. The aimless verses are as it were of the Gāyatrī metre; breath is connected with the Gāyatrī; the aimless verses are breath. (He utters) three Anuṣṭubh verses, ‘Hither with all aids’; that is speech. ‘Let Viṣṇu form the womb,’ that (hymn ) should he utter in praise in the house of him who desires offspring. Moreover both (should he utter) when there is something unaccomplished. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 8.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.6.22) - [Next: 8.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.6.24) - [Up: 8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.6) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.8.6.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.6.23) · Pramāṇa