Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.6

11.6.1

sauyavase ramante /

they delight in good pasture.

11.6.2

sā ekonā virāḍ dvir anuktayā /

When recited twice, that [Virāj] lacks one [syllable];

11.6.3

samprati virāṭ trir anūktayā / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

when recited thrice, it is precisely a Virāj;

11.6.4

ekā virājam atyeti /

by one [syllable], it exceeds the Virāj.

11.6.5

trayo vai yajñe kāmāḥ /

Three, indeed, are the desires in the sacrifice:

xi. 6. Three desires are there in the sacrifice, that in its completion, that in its deficiency, that in its superabundance. The complete part of the sacrifice is heavenly, the defective food, the superabundant serves for generation. Verily thus here the sacrificer obtains all desires. He concludes with (a verse) containing a benediction , 'Uṣas with her ruddy kine hath appeared'; verily thus he utters a benediction for cattle. So cattle are not likely to stray from the sacrificer. At this verse he lets out his voice ; thus he announces him to the gods, 'He has been born,' for in it is he born. He repeats (the verse ) of two Padas, 'With this let us win the prize set by the gods'; the metres increasing by four (syllables) are cattle; (the verses) with two Padas are the sacrificer's metre; verily thus he places the sacrificer in command of cattle; man stands over cattle, as it were. He recites the thrice seven metres of the services; that makes up twenty-one; the fourfold Stoma, the highest of the Stomas, is the twenty-onefold; thus he obtains the highest of the Stomas. In that there are twenty-one, the months are twelve, the seasons five, these worlds three, and the sun yonder the twenty-first, verily thus he fixes the sacrificer in unity of world with him.

11.6.6

yaḥ sampanne yo nyūne yo atirikte / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

that which is in the exact, that which is in the deficient, that which is in the excessive.

11.6.7

yad vai yajñasya sampannam tat svargyam/

What in the sacrifice is exact leads to heaven;

11.6.8

yan nyūnam tad anna adyam / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

what is deficient is food and eating of food;

11.6.9

yad atiriktam tat prājātyai /

what is excessive is for the generation of offspring.

11.6.10

tad atra eva yajamānaḥ sarvān kāmān āpnoti / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

Thereby the sacrificer obtains all desires right here.

11.6.11

abhūd eṣā ruśat paśur ity āśīrvatyā paridadhāti /

With [a verse] containing a blessing—'This bright animal has appeared'—he concludes.

11.6.12

paśubhya eva tad āśiṣam vadate / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

Thereby he expresses a blessing for cattle.

11.6.13

tathā ha yajamānāt paśavo anutkrāmukā bhavanti /

Thus cattle do not depart from the sacrificer.

11.6.14

tasyām vācam utsṛjate /

At it, he releases speech.

11.6.15

tad enam ajanīti devebhyo nivedayati / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

Thereby he announces him to the gods, [saying,] 'He has been born.'

11.6.16

atra hi jāyate /

For he is born here.

11.6.17

ayā vājam deva hitam sanema iti dvipadām abhyasyati / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

He repeats the two-verse hymn: 'Through this, may we win the god-given prize.'

11.6.18

paśavo vā etāni catur uttarāṇi chandāṃsi /

These metres increasing by four are cattle;

11.6.19

yajamāna chandasam dvipadā / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

the two-verse hymn has the sacrificer as its metre.

11.6.20

adhiṣṭhāyām eva tat paśūnām yajamānam dadhāti /

Thereby he places the sacrificer in dominion over cattle.

11.6.21

adhi iva vai paśūn puruṣas tiṣṭhati /

For man stands, as it were, over cattle.