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> — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.12) vācam eva tat praṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > he thereby joins speech with the vital breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.13) atha yadd hotrāśaṃsinaḥ sāma saṃtatim kurvanti / > Now, when the reciters belonging to the hotṛ make a continuation with the chant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.14) aṅgāny eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > they thereby join the limbs with the vital breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.15) atha yad yajamānaḥ strotram upagāti / > Now, when the sacrificer sings in accompaniment to the chant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.16) prāṇā vā udgātāraḥ / > the udgātṛs are the vital breaths; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.17) prāṇān eva tad ātman dhatte / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > he thereby establishes the vital breaths in himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.18) tasmān na enam bahir vedyabhyas tam iyāt / > Therefore, the \[sun\] should not set upon him outside the altar-ground; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.19) na abhyudiyān na abhyāśrāvayet / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > it should not rise upon him, nor should one summon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.20) na stotram upākurvanti / > They do not commence the chant \[in his absence\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.21) na adhiṣṇye pratapet / > he should not warm himself at the side-altar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.22) na it prāṇebhya ātmānam apādadhāni iti / > \[thinking,\] 'Lest I cut myself off from the vital breaths.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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 \[of the verses\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.24) prathama rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti / > they thereby smite away the Asuras from the first part of the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.26) madhya rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti / > they thereby smite away the Asuras from the middle of the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.28) uttama rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti / > they thereby smite away the Asuras from the last part of the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [17.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.31) yathā astutaṃv anuśastam bhavati iti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > so that what has been chanted is recited in conformity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.17.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.5.4_6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6) · Pramāṇa