[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) › 9.3.2 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 9.3.2 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 9.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.9.3.2) vāci ca vai manasi ca idam sarvam hitam / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana) > ix. 3. The two oblation holders are speech and mind; in speech and in mind is all this (universe) placed. In that they move forward the two oblation holders, verily (it serves) to obtain all desires. The oblation holders are two, the cover as the third they deposit; with them he obtains all that which is threefold regarding the gods or the self. He recites for them as they are moved forward (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘forward’, ‘Let the two come forward with weal for the sacrifice’, ‘May sky and earth for us this’, and ‘Rich in ghee is their milk’ he says ; the first (verse) contains a benediction; the second mentions two deities: the libation which > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 9.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.9.3.1) - [Next: 9.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.9.3.3) - [Up: 9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.9.3) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.9.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.9.3.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.9.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.9.3.2) · Pramāṇa