Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.6

17.6.1

atha yad brahmā stotram anumanyate /

Now, when the brahman approves the chant,

17.6.2

mana eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti /

he thereby joins the mind with the vital breaths.

17.6.3

atha yat prastotā prastauti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

Now, when the prastotṛ sings the prelude,

17.6.4

apānam eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti /

he thereby joins the downward breath with the vital breaths.

17.6.5

atha yat pratihartā pratiharati /

Now, when the pratihartṛ chants the response,

17.6.6

vyānam eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

he thereby joins the diffused breath with the vital breaths.

17.6.7

atha yad udgātā udgāyati /

Now, when the udgātṛ sings,

17.6.8

prāṇam eva tad vyāne dadhāti /

he thereby places the in-breath in the diffused breath.

17.6.9

tā vā etāḥ sarvā devatāḥ prāṇa eva pratiṣṭhitāḥ / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

Truly, all these deities are established in the vital breath.

17.6.10

atha yadd hotā sāmnā śastram upasaṃtanoti /

Now, when the hotṛ connects the recitation with the chant,

17.6.11

vāg vai hotā /

the hotṛ is speech;

17.6.12

vācam eva tat praṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

he thereby joins speech with the vital breaths.

17.6.13

atha yadd hotrāśaṃsinaḥ sāma saṃtatim kurvanti /

Now, when the reciters belonging to the hotṛ make a continuation with the chant,

17.6.14

aṅgāny eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

they thereby join the limbs with the vital breaths.

17.6.15

atha yad yajamānaḥ strotram upagāti /

Now, when the sacrificer sings in accompaniment to the chant,

17.6.16

prāṇā vā udgātāraḥ /

the udgātṛs are the vital breaths;

17.6.17

prāṇān eva tad ātman dhatte / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

he thereby establishes the vital breaths in himself.

17.6.18

tasmān na enam bahir vedyabhyas tam iyāt /

Therefore, the [sun] should not set upon him outside the altar-ground;

17.6.19

na abhyudiyān na abhyāśrāvayet / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

it should not rise upon him, nor should one summon him.

17.6.20

na stotram upākurvanti /

They do not commence the chant [in his absence];

17.6.21

na adhiṣṇye pratapet /

he should not warm himself at the side-altar,

17.6.22

na it prāṇebhya ātmānam apādadhāni iti /

[thinking,] 'Lest I cut myself off from the vital breaths.'

17.6.23

atha yat prathameṣu paryāyeṣu prathameṣu padeṣu ninartayanti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

Now, when in the first rounds they make [the text] dance in the first quarters [of the verses],

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.24

prathama rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti /

they thereby smite away the Asuras from the first part of the night.

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.25

atha yan madhyameṣu paryāyeṣu madhyameṣu padeṣu ninartayanti / (sodaśin & atiratra)

Now, when in the middle rounds they make [it] dance in the middle quarters,

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.26

madhya rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti /

they thereby smite away the Asuras from the middle of the night.

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.27

atha yad uttameṣu paryāyeṣu uttameṣu padeṣu ninartayanti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

Now, when in the last rounds they make [it] dance in the last quarters,

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.28

uttama rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti /

they thereby smite away the Asuras from the last part of the night.

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.29

tad yathā abhyāgāram abhininartam punaḥ punaḥ pāpmanam nirhaṇyāt / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

Just as one would strike away evil repeatedly, chasing it around the dwelling,

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.30

evam eva etat stotriya anurūpair ahorātrābhyām asurān nirghnanti /

in this very way they smite away the Asuras from day and night by means of the stotriya and anurūpa verses,

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.

17.6.31

yathā astutaṃv anuśastam bhavati iti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

so that what has been chanted is recited in conformity.

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.