Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.4
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 11.4
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11.4.1
āgneya uṣasya āśvine pūrvā pūrvā eva vyāhṛtir agne rūpam /
in the [sections] addressed to Agni, to Uṣas, and to the Aśvins, the first exclamation is the form of Agni,
11.4.2
uttarā amuṣya ādityasya / (soma: prātar anuvāka)
and the following one is [the form] of yonder Āditya.
11.4.3
atha etad dve nānā chandāṃsy antareṇa kartā iva /
Now, between these two different metres there is, as it were, a pit.
11.4.4
atha ete baliṣṭhe ariṣṭe anārte devate / (soma: prātar anuvāka)
These two deities are the strongest, unhurt, and uninjured;
11.4.5
tābhyām pratipadyate /
he begins with them.
11.4.6
samānena sūktena samārohet /
He should ascend with the same hymn;
11.4.7
tad akartaskadyaṃl.(?).lohasya rūpam svargyam / (soma: prātar anuvāka)
that […] is the form of copper, leading to heaven.
11.4.8
yatra vā samānasya ṛṣe syāt /
Or where [the verses] belong to the same seer,
11.4.9
tad anavānam saṃkrāmet /
he should transition there without taking breath.
11.4.10
amṛtam vai prāṇaḥ / (soma: prātar anuvāka)
Breath is immortality;
11.4.11
amṛtena tan mṛtyum tarati /
by immortality he crosses over that death.
11.4.12
tad yathā vaṃśena vā matyena.(matsyena?)vā kartam saṃkrāmed evam tat / (soma: prātar anuvāka)
Just as one would cross a pit by means of a bamboo pole or a bridge, even so is that.
11.4.13
praṇavena saṃkrāmati /
He transitions with the praṇava.
11.4.14
brahma vai praṇavaḥ /
The praṇava is the Brahman;
11.4.15
brahmaṇā eva tad brahma upasaṃtanoti / (soma: prātar anuvāka)
with the Brahman he thus connects the Brahman.
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