Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.5

13.5.1

tasmād anavānam yajati prāṇānām saṃtatyai /

Therefore, he recites the offering verse without taking breath, for the continuity of the vital breaths.

13.5.2

saṃtatā iva hi ime prāṇāḥ / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

For these vital breaths are, as it were, continuous.

13.5.3

na anuvaṣaṭ karoti /

He does not utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.

13.5.4

prāṇā vai dvidevatyāḥ /

The draughts for two deities are the vital breaths;

13.5.5

saṃsthā anuvaṣaṭ kāraḥ / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

the secondary vaṣaṭ-call is the completion.

13.5.6

na it purā kālāt prāṇānt saṃsthāpayāni iti /

[He does so, thinking:] 'Lest I bring the vital breaths to an end before the time.'

13.5.7

yaktā.(.yuktā.?).iva hi ime prāṇāḥ / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

For these vital breaths are, as it were, joined together.

13.5.8

aindrāvāyavam pūrva ardham sādayati /

He sets down the draught for Indra and Vāyu in the front half.

13.5.9

pūrva ardhyo hy eṣa eṣām prāṇām abhidhānatama iva / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

For this [vital breath] belonging to the front half is, as it were, the most prominent among these breaths.

13.5.10

abhita itarau paścād upanidadhāti /

On either side of it he sets down the other two behind.

13.5.11

abhita iva hi idam cakśuś ca śrotram ca / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

For the eye and the ear are indeed on either side.

13.5.12

tān avagṛhya āste /

Holding them, he sits,

13.5.13

na it pravṛtta antā iti /

[thinking:] 'Lest their edges roll away.'

13.5.14

na apidadhāti /

He does not cover them.

13.5.15

prāṇā vai dvidevatyāḥ / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

The draughts for two deities are indeed the vital breaths.

13.5.16

na it prāṇān apidadhāni iti /

[He does so, thinking:] 'Lest I cover up the vital breaths.'

13.5.17

idam te somyam madhv iti prasthitānām yājyā madhu ścutām madhumatī /

"This is your sweet Soma-drink," [is] the offering verse for the set-forth offerings, dripping with honey and containing the word honey.

xiii. 6. 'This sweet Soma drink for thee' is the offering verse of the Prasthitas, which distil sweetness, containing (the word) 'sweet'. He utters a second vaṣaṭ, for the appeasing of the libations, for the support of the libations. Then the Hotrakas sacrifice together; verily thus they

13.5.18

anuvaṣaṭ karoty āhutīnām eva śāntyai / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

He utters the secondary vaṣaṭ-call for the appeasement of the oblations,

xiii. 6. 'This sweet Soma drink for thee' is the offering verse of the Prasthitas, which distil sweetness, containing (the word) 'sweet'. He utters a second vaṣaṭ, for the appeasing of the libations, for the support of the libations. Then the Hotrakas sacrifice together; verily thus they

13.5.19

āhutīnām pratiṣṭhityai /

[and] for the firm establishing of the oblations.

xiii. 6. 'This sweet Soma drink for thee' is the offering verse of the Prasthitas, which distil sweetness, containing (the word) 'sweet'. He utters a second vaṣaṭ, for the appeasing of the libations, for the support of the libations. Then the Hotrakas sacrifice together; verily thus they

13.5.20

atha hotrāḥ samyajanti /

Then the hotrās sacrifice together.

xiii. 6. 'This sweet Soma drink for thee' is the offering verse of the Prasthitas, which distil sweetness, containing (the word) 'sweet'. He utters a second vaṣaṭ, for the appeasing of the libations, for the support of the libations. Then the Hotrakas sacrifice together; verily thus they

13.5.21

yajamānam eva tad anṛṇatāyai sampramuñcanti / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

Thereby they completely release the sacrificer from debt.

release the sacrificer from indebtedness. The first eating is that of (the cups) for two deities, then the sacrificial food, then the Hotṛ's goblet. The cakes are the body of the sacrificer, (the cups) for two deities are the breaths; the sacrificial food is cattle and food; by food are the breaths and the body combined. Therefore the first eating is of (the cups) for two deities, then sacrificial food, then the Hotṛ's bowl. Them he gives to the Adhvaryu; he does not let go (thinking) ‘(The cups) for two deities are breaths; let me not let go the breaths.’ Twice he eats of (the cup) for Indra and Vāyu, for twice he utters the vaṣaṭ call for it; once of (the cup) for Mitra and Varuṇa, once for that for the Açvins. Turning it round on all sides he eats of that for the Açvins, for by the ear he hears on all sides. The dregs he pours down on the Hotṛ's bowl; verily thus he makes them sharers in the sacrificial food.

13.5.22

dvidevatyānām prathamo bhakṣaḥ /

First is the consumption of the two-deity draughts;

13.5.23

atha iḍā atha hotṛ camasha / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

then the iḍā; then the cup of the hotṛ.

13.5.24

ātmā vai yajamānasya puroḍāśāḥ /

The sacrificial cakes are indeed the self of the sacrificer;

13.5.25

prāṇā dvidevatyāḥ /

the two-deity draughts are the vital breaths;

13.5.26

annam paśava iḍā / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

the iḍā is food [and] cattle.

13.5.27

annena vai prāṇāś ca ātmā ca saṃhitaḥ /

By means of food, the vital breaths and the self are joined.

13.5.28

tasmād dvidevatyānām prathamo bhakṣaḥ / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

Therefore first is the consumption of the two-deity draughts;

13.5.29

atha iḍā atha hotṛ camasaḥ /

then the iḍā; then the cup of the hotṛ.

13.5.30

tān adhvaryave prayacchati /

He hands them over to the adhvaryu.

13.5.31

na anusṛjatyā śeṣasya avanayanāt / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

He does not let go until the pouring in of the residue.

13.5.32

prāṇā vai dvidevatyāḥ /

The two-deity draughts are indeed the vital breaths.

13.5.33

na it prāṇān anusṛjāni iti /

[He does so thinking:] "Lest I release the vital breaths."

13.5.34

dvir aindravāyavasya bhakṣayati / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

Twice he consumes of the draught to Indra and Vāyu;

13.5.35

dvir hi tasya vaṣṭak karoti /

for twice he utters the vaṣaṭ-call for it.

13.5.36

sakṛn maitrāvaruṇasya /

Once of the draught to Mitra and Varuṇa;

13.5.37

sakṛd āśvinasya /

once of the draught to the Aśvins.

13.5.38

sarvataḥ parihāram āśvinasya bhakṣayati /

He consumes the draught to the Aśvins turning it all around;

13.5.39

sarvato hy anena śrotreṇa śṛṇoti / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

for one hears in all directions with this ear.