Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.2

12.2.1

hinotā no adhvaram deva yajyā iti /

'Quicken our sacrifice through worship of the gods…'

12.2.2

tasyā eva eṣā yājyā deva yajyā ity abhirūpā / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

This is its offering verse, appropriate [with the words] 'through worship of the gods.'

12.2.3

āvarvṛtatīr adha nu dvidhārā ity āvṛttāsu /

[He recites] 'Returning now with a double stream…' when they have turned back;

12.2.4

prati yad āpo adṛśramāyatīr iti pratikhyātāsu / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'When the approaching waters were beheld…' when they have been sighted;

12.2.5

samanyā yanty upa yanty anyā iti samāyatīṣu /

'Some go together, others approach…' when they are coming together;

12.2.6

āpo na devīr upa yanti hotriyam iti hotṛ camase avanīyamānāsu / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'The divine waters approach the cup of the hotṛ…' when they are being poured into the cup of the hotṛ;

12.2.7

ādhenavaḥ payasā tūrṇy arthā iti / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'The milch cows with milk, of swift purpose…'

12.2.8

āpo vai dhenavaḥ /

The milch cows are indeed the waters,

12.2.9

āpo hi idam sarvam dhinvanti /

for the waters gladden all this [world].

12.2.10

atha adhvaryur hotāram abhyāvṛtya tiṣṭhati / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

Then the adhvaryu turns towards the hotṛ and stands.

12.2.11

tam hotā pṛcchaty adhvaryav aiṣīr apa iti /

The hotṛ asks him: 'Adhvaryu, have you obtained the waters?'

12.2.12

aiṣīr yajñam ity eva enam tad āha / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'Have you obtained the sacrifice?'—that is just what he says to him.

12.2.13

utemanannamur.(?).iti pratyāha /

'And they have bowed down to this one,' he replies.

12.2.14

avidāma tad yad āsya aiṣīṣma anaṃsata tasmā ity eva enam tad āha / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'We have found that which we sought of him; they have bowed down to him'—that is just what he says to him.

12.2.15

pratyukto hotā etam nigadam pratipadyate /

Having been answered, the hotṛ enters upon this nigada formula.

12.2.16

ūrg vai raso nigadaḥ / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

The nigada formula is vigor, sap.

12.2.17

aurjam eva tad rasam nigadena haviṣi dadhāti /

Through the nigada formula he places vigor and sap right into the offering.

12.2.18

ambayo yanty adhvabhir iti / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'The mothers go along the paths…' [he recites].

xii. 2. 'The mothers go with the paths' (he recites); the mothers are the waters, for he praises the waters as they go. 'They have come, rich, with living gifts' (he recites) when they have come up. He concludes with

12.2.19

āpo vā ambayaḥ /

The mothers are indeed the waters;

xii. 2. 'The mothers go with the paths' (he recites); the mothers are the waters, for he praises the waters as they go. 'They have come, rich, with living gifts' (he recites) when they have come up. He concludes with

12.2.20

apo hi yatīḥ stauti /

he praises the waters as they go.

xii. 2. 'The mothers go with the paths' (he recites); the mothers are the waters, for he praises the waters as they go. 'They have come, rich, with living gifts' (he recites) when they have come up. He concludes with

12.2.21

emā agman revatīr jīva dhanyā ity āgatāsu / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

'These wealthy ones have come, rich in life…' [he recites] when they have arrived.

xii. 2. 'The mothers go with the paths' (he recites); the mothers are the waters, for he praises the waters as they go. 'They have come, rich, with living gifts' (he recites) when they have come up. He concludes with

12.2.22

āgmann āpa uśatīr barhir edam ity āgatavatyā paridadhāti /

With [the verse] indicating arrival, 'The waters, desiring, have come here to the sacrificial grass,' he concludes.

(a verse ) containing the word 'across', 'The waters have arrived, eager, to this strew.' He recites appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (they serve) for the perfection of the sacrifice. The morning litany had been recited, the hymns had not been obtained ; at this conjunction the Asuras went against them; the gods, perceiving in fear, saw this thriceforged thunderbolt; 'The waters' is the first form of the thunderbolt; 'Sarasvatī' is the second form of the thunderbolt ; this is a hymn of fifteen verses, that is the third form of the thunderbolt. The gods with the thriceforged thunderbolt pushed away the Asuras from these worlds; verily thus also the sacrificer pushes away with this thriceforged thunderbolt the rivals who hate him from these worlds.

12.2.23

abhirūpā anvāha / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

He recites appropriate [verses];

12.2.24

yad yajñe abhirūpam tat samṛddham yajñasya eva samṛddhyai / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA)

what in the sacrifice is appropriate is complete, for the completeness of the sacrifice.