Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.6.3-16
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 13.6.3-16
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13.6.3
atha iḍām upahvayate /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.4
upodyacchanti camasān /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.5
hotṛ camasam anvārabhate / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.6
asaṃsparśann upahvayata iḍām /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.7
vajro vā ājyam /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.8
retaḥ somaḥ /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.9
na id vajreṇa reto hinasāni iti / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.10
tasyām na sunvad āha /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.11
na āśiṣo nirāha /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.12
upahūya iḍām avaghrāya avasyati / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.13
prāśnāty uttarā iḍām /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.14
atha apa ācamya hotṛ camasam bhakṣayati / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.15
etad vai paramam anna adyam yat somaḥ /
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
13.6.16
paramam eva etad anna adyam sarve samupahūya bhakṣayanti / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)
xiii. 7. Then he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second (portion of the) sacrificial food he in the left holds together, but without allowing to touch, the Hotṛ's bowl and the cup (thinking) ‘The butter is a thunderbolt; Soma is seed; let me not harm seed by the thunderbolt.’ He does not speak the formula of pouring into it, he does not utter benedictions. Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; he eats the second (portion of the) sacrificial food; then having sipped water he eats of the Hotṛ's bowl. The Soma is the highest kind of proper food; verily thus all, having invoked the highest kind of proper food, eat of it.
Translations (2)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation