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But they say 'Every oblation is a buying off of oneself; he would not eat of any oblation, if he were not willing to eat because it is a buying off of oneself. Therefore at will should one eat.' Agni and Soma are day and night; in that by day they proceed with (the offering of) the omentum, thereby is day pleased. In that the offering to Agni is carried out during the night, thereby is the night as connected with Soma pleased. 'That is the final setting free of day and night' (they say); by the sacrifice are day and night set free; they do not obtain him, who knowing thus offers this victim. They say 'It should be two coloured; white and black with the symbols of day and night; or white and red with the symbols of Agni and Soma.' There are eleven fore-offerings and eleven after-offerings, and eleven supplementary offerings; these are thirty-three; all the gods are thirty-three; verily (they serve) to delight all the gods. The fore-offerings are expirations, the after-offerings inspirations; therefore are they alike, for the expirations and the inspirations are similar. They say 'Why does he sacrifice with a Ṛc in the fore-offerings and with the opening words only in the after-offerings?' 'The fore-offerings are seed to be poured, the after-offerings are seed to be deposited; therefore with a Ṛc he sacrifices in the fore-offerings, and with the opening words in the after-offerings.' In that he says the last whole, verily thus he places the sacrificer in the world of heaven. He invokes with the Āprī verses; with the whole self, with the whole mind, he gathers together the sacrifice, who sacrifices. The self of him becomes empty as it were; he fills it up for him with these (verses). In that he fills it up, therefore are they > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [10.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.2) tad yad upavasathe agnīṣomīyam paśum ālabhate / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > as to why he seizes the animal for Agni and Soma on the day of preparation: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.3) ātma niṣkriyaṇo ha eva asya eṣa tena ātmānam niṣkrīṇīya anṛṇo bhūtvā atha yajate / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > this is his ransom of himself; having ransomed himself by it, having become free of debt, he then sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.4) tasmād u tasya na aśnīyāt / > Therefore, he should not eat of it; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.5) puruṣo hi sa pratimayā / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > for it is man in effigy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.6) tad u vā āhur havir havir vā ātma niṣkrayaṇam / > Concerning that, however, they say: 'The oblation is indeed the oblation, the ransom of oneself.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.7) haviṣo haviṣi eva sa tarhi na aśnīyāt / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > let him not eat of that oblation at that time; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.8) ya ātma niṣkrayaṇam iti na aśnīyāt / > thinking, 'It is the ransom of oneself,' one should not eat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.9) tasmād u kāma eva aśitavyam / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > Therefore, however, it should be eaten according to desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.10) ahorātre vā agnīṣomau / > Day and night, indeed, are Agni and Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.11) tad yad divā vapayā caranti / > That they proceed with the omentum by day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.12) tena ahaḥ prītam āgneyam / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > thereby the day, which is sacred to Agni, is satisfied; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.13) rātrim anu saṃtiṣṭhate / > it is completed along with the night; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.14) tena rātriḥ saumī prītā / > thereby the night, which is sacred to Soma, is satisfied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.15) sā eṣā aho rātrayor atimuktiḥ / > That is the escape from day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.16) atyahorātre yajñena mucyate/ (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > Beyond day and night he is released through the sacrifice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.17) na enam te āpnutaḥ / > the two do not overtake him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5.18) ya evam vidvān etam paśum ālbhate / (paśu: Zeṣa bhakṣa vicāra) > who, knowing thus, seizes this animal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.10.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.10.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.5) · Pramāṇa