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In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.11) etābhyām vai yajñas tāyate yad ghṛtena ca somena ca / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > The sacrifice is extended indeed by these two: by ghee and by Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.12) te atra prīṇāti / > He pleases those two here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.13) prīte yajñam vahāta iti / > \[thinking:\] "Pleased, may they bear the sacrifice." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.14) upāṃśu ghṛtasya yajati / > He offers of the ghee in a whisper; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.15) retaḥ siktir vai ghṛtam / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > ghee is the emission of semen; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.16) upāṃśu vai retaḥ sicyate / > in secret indeed is semen emitted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.17) atha yad uccaiḥ saumyasya yajati / > Now, that he offers of the Soma aloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.18) candramā vai somaḥ / > Soma is the moon; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.19) nirukta u vai candramāḥ / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > manifest indeed is the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.20) tasya na parastāt pariyajed ity āhuḥ / > Regarding it, they say: 'One should not offer after it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.21) tathā amī amuta idam arvāñcaḥ paśyanti iti / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > "so these \[fathers\] look down hither from over there." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 5. ‘Say the offering verse for the ghee’ and ‘Say the offering verse for the Soma drink’, he says; by ghee and by Soma is the sacrifice carried on; these here he delights (thinking) ‘They delighted shall support the sacrifice.’ Inaudibly he says the offering verse for the ghee; ghee is a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. In that he says the offering verse aloud for the Soma drink, (it is because) Soma is the moon, and the moon is distinct. ‘After it he should not perform any additional offering,’ they say, ‘So do they yonder from yonder look back on this (world)’. But the rule is, ‘Let him perform’. The butter is the world of the gods, the Soma the world of the fathers; verily thus they arise from the world > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.22) pariyajed iti tv eva sthitam / > However, it is established that he should offer around \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.23) deva loko vā ājyam / > Ghee is the world of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.24) pitṛ lokaḥ somaḥ / > Soma is the world of the fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.25) deva lokam eva tat pitṛ lokād abhyutkrāmanti / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Thus they step up to the world of the gods from the world of the fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.26) atho pitṝn eva tat prīṇanti yat saumyena caranti / > Moreover, in that they proceed with the Saumya \[caru\], they indeed propitiate the fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.27) atho etad upasada utsṛjyanta ity āhuḥ / > Moreover, they say: 'Here the upasads are concluded.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.28) agnim somam viṣṇum iti vā upasatsu pratiyajati / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > For at the upasads one offers in return to Agni, Soma, and Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.29) agnim somam viṣṇum iti idam / > Here \[he offers to\] Agni, Soma, and Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.30) haranty etam saumyam sadaḥ / > They bring this Saumya \[caru\] to the sadas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.31) tam hotā pratigṛhya upanidhatte / > Having received it, the hotṛ puts it down near himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.32) atha asya sarpiṣy ātmānam paryavekṣya aṅgulibhyām sarpir upaspṛśati / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Then, having looked at himself in its ghee, he touches the ghee with two fingers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.33) cakṣuṣpā asi cakṣur me pāhi iti cakṣuṣī vimṛjīta / > With the words, 'You are the protector of the eye; protect my eye,' he should wipe his two eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.34) cakṣur eva asya tad gopāyati / > Thereby he indeed protects his eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5.35) tad udgātṛbhyaḥ prayacchati / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > He hands it to the udgātṛs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.16.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.16.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.8.4.6) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.5) · Pramāṇa