Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 15.3

15.3.1

tad āhur yann eva stotriyo na anurūpa indra nihavaś ca brāhmaṇaspatyaś ca pragāthāv atha kasmāt punar ādāyam kakup kāram śasyete iti / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

Now they say: "Since the pragātha of the invocation of Indra and that to Brahmaṇaspati are neither stotriya nor anurūpa, then why are they recited taking [them] repeatedly, forming a Kakubh?"

15.3.2

purar ādāyam vai sāmagāḥ pavamāne stuvate /

Taking [verses] repeatedly, indeed, the Sāman singers chant at the Pavamāna.

15.3.3

tasya eva etad rūpam kriyate / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

The form of that is thereby produced.

15.3.4

agnir netā bhaga iva kṣitīṇām tvam soma ṛtubhiḥ sukratur bhūr ity agnīṣomīye /

"Agni, the leader, like Bhaga of the settlements," and "Thou, Soma, with the seasons, hast become wise," are the two [verses] to Agni and Soma.

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.5

agnīiṣomau vā antar vṛtra āstām /

Agni and Soma were inside Vṛtra.

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.6

tāv indro na aśaknod abhi vajram prahartum /

Indra was not able to hurl his thunderbolt at him.

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.7

tāv etam bhāgam upanicakrāmatām / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

They stepped forth to this share,

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.8

yaś ca enayor asau paurṇamāse /

and that one which belongs to them at the full moon.

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.9

tad etad vārtraghnam eva uktham yan marutvatīyam / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

Therefore this Marutvatīya recitation is indeed Vṛtra-slaying.

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.10

etena hi indro vṛtram ahan /

For by this Indra slew Vṛtra.

insight, O Soma' are addressed to Agni and Soma. Agni and Soma were within Vṛtra; Indra was unable to hurl his bolt against them; they went out for this share and for that which is theirs in the full moon sacrifice. The Marutvatīya is a hymn connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; by it Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.11

pinvanty apo marutaḥ sudānava iti pinvanty apīyā / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

"The bountiful Maruts cause the waters to swell," is the Pinvanty-apīyā verse.

xv. 3. 'The Maruts, rich in dew, swell the waters' is the water-swelling (verse); the water-swelling (verse) is the waters; in that over Vṛtra slain the waters went apart, in that they swelled, thus it is (called) the water-swelling. It is a Jagatī verse; through it all the pressings are Jagatī. 'Thou hast been born, dread, for impetuous strength' is the Marutvatīya containing the word 'born'. Indra is born, in that he slew Vṛtra; thus he who sacrifices is born. At the first (verse) of it the Adhvaryu responds once with (a response) containing the form *mad*; here Indra for the first time was drunken (*amādyat*). The Marutvatīya is a hymn, winning battles; thereby Indra won battles. In the middle of it he places a Nivid; in the middle of the body is food placed; then he recites Nivids; the Nivids are the breaths; verily thus he places the breaths in himself. Each quarter verse of these he recites taking it separately; verily thus each breath he places in himself; with the last he utters the Praṇava; thus he lets go this breath; therefore all the breaths breath along this breath. Now they say 'The Nivids are food'; therefore should he recite them quietly, for not hastening as it were he eats unpleasant food. 'Those who magnified thee, O bounteous one, at the slaying of the dragon', having recited the hymn, (this verse) he utters as the offering verse. 'Who in the affair with Çambara, who in the fight for cattle, O lord of the bays', (he says); with them he performed these heroic deeds; with them is this his Soma drinking. The verse is a Triṣṭubh addressed to Indra, for the midday pressing is connected with Indra and the Triṣṭubh. He says the second *vaṣaṭ*, for the healing of the libations, for the support of the libations. The first Anuṣṭubh is speech; after it follow five Gāyatrīs; the invitation to Indra is the mind; (the couplet) addressed to Brahmaṇaspati is the ear; the three of common character are expiration, inspiration, and cross-breathing; the hymn is the body; the Nivid what is within the body; the concluding verse a support; the offering verse food.

15.3.12

āpo vai pinvanty apīyā /

The waters are indeed the Pinvanty-apīyā.

15.3.13

tad yad eva vṛtram hatam āpo vyāyan /

Now, when Vṛtra was slain, the waters flowed forth.

15.3.14

yat prāpinvaṃs tasmāt pinvanty apīyā / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

Because they swelled forth (prāpinvan), therefore [the verse is called] Pinvanty-apīyā.

15.3.15

sā vai jagatī /

It is in the Jagatī [metre].

15.3.16

tayā sarvāṇi savanāni jagadvanti bhavanti /

Through it, all the pressings become endowed with the Jagatī.

15.3.17

janiṣṭhā ugraḥ sahase turīya iti jātavan marutvatīyam / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

With 'Born fierce for strength, swift...' [RV 10.73.1], the Marutvatīya [hymn] has [the word] 'born' (jātavat).

15.3.18

etad vā indro jāyate yad vṛtram ahan /

Indra was indeed born at that moment when he slew Vṛtra.

15.3.19

etad u vā eṣa jāyate yo yajate /

And he who sacrifices is indeed born at that moment.

15.3.20

tasya prathamāyām adhvaryuḥ sakṛn madvat pratyāgṛṇāti /

At its first [verse], the adhvaryu responds once with [a formula] containing [the word] 'intoxicating' (madvat).

15.3.21

atra hi indraḥ prathamam amādyat / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana)

For here Indra became intoxicated for the first time.