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The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.2) ekaviṃśo vai stomaḥ stomānām paramaḥ pratiṣṭhānīyaḥ / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > The twenty-onefold stoma is the highest, the firm resting place of the stomas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.3) pratiṣṭhityā eva / > For the sake of a firm foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.4) tac caturviṃśatividham bhavati / > It is of twenty-four varieties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.5) viṃśatiḥ parvāṇi / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > There are twenty joints. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.6) tāni catuś catvāriṃśati / > They are forty-four \[in total\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.7) catuś catvāriṃśad akṣarā triṣṭup / > The Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.8) balam vai vīryam triṣṭup / > The Triṣṭubh is strength and virility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.9) balam eva tad vīryam yajamāne dadhāti / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Thus he places strength and virility in the sacrificer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.10) vaiśvānarīyam śaṃsati / > He recites \[the hymn\] to Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.11) vaiśvānarīyo hi graho gṛhīto bhavati / > For the draught for Vaiśvānara has been drawn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.12) tam eva etena anuśaṃsati / > It is that draught which he recites after by means of this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.13) raudrīm śaṃsati / > He recites \[the hymn\] to Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > it. He recites (a verse ) to Rudra; Rudra is dread; verily thus he makes medicine; moveover his share is at the end; therefore in the end Çastra he recites it. He recites (a hymn ) to the Maruts; Rudra has them as his horde; verily thus he makes him prosper with his own horde. Then come the strophe and antistrophe of the Yajñāyajñīya ; these two he recites in the middle to frighten, for in the middle of the body is the womb placed to frighten. He recites (a hymn ) to Jātavedas; thereby is it called the Āgnimāruta (Çastra). Therefore should he recite it quickly, just as one escaping a forest fire. He recites (verses ) with the waters as deities; the waters are healing and medicine; verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. Therefore should he recite them slowly, just as one spraying himself in the waters. He recites 'the Dragon of the Deep' ; the dragon of the deep is Agni; him with it he makes to glow; moreover, with it he accompanies the altars. He recites 'the wives of the gods' and 'Rākā' ; verily with these he accompanies the Pātnīvata cup; moreover, the wives have their portion at the end; therefore in the end Çastra he recites these verses. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [16.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.14) ghoro vai rudraḥ / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Rudra is dread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.15) bhaiṣajyam eva tat kurute / > Thereby he provides a remedy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.16) atho anta bhāg vā vā eṣaḥ / > Moreover, he indeed has a share in the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.17) tasmād enām antye śastre śaṃsati / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Therefore he recites it in the final recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.18) mārutam śaṃsati / > He recites \[the hymn\] to the Maruts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.19) etat pūro vai rudraḥ / > Rudra, indeed, has this host. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.20) tad enam svena pūgena samardhayati / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Thus he makes him thrive with his own host. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.23) atha yajñāyajñiyasya stotriyā anurūpau / > Then \[follow\] the stotriya and anurūpa verses of the Yajñāyajñīya \[sāman\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.24) jātavedasīyam śaṃsati / > He recites the hymn to Jātavedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.25) tena agnimārutam ity ākhyāyate / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > Thereby it is called the Agnimāruta \[recitation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.26) tasmād enad abhyagram śaṃset / > Therefore he should recite it towards the end, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.27) yathā agnim pradāvyam atimokṣyamāṇa evam / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > just as one about to cross over a conflagration, even so. > — 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.p16) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.16.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7) · Pramāṇa