Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.7

18.7.1

tasmād vāruṇam eka kapālam puroḍāśam nirvapanti /

Therefore they offer a sacrificial cake on one potsherd to Varuṇa.

18.7.2

ekasthā vai śrīḥ /

Prosperity is indeed concentrated in one.

18.7.3

śrīr vai varuṇaḥ /

Varuṇa is indeed prosperity.

18.7.4

śriyām eva tad antataḥ pratitiṣṭhanti / (soma: avabhṛtha)

They thereby firmly establish [themselves] in prosperity at the end.

18.7.5

te antareṇa cātvāla utkarā upaniṣkrāmanti /

They go out between the pit and the rubbish heap.

18.7.6

tadd hi yajñasya tīrtham āpnānam nāma /

For that is the ford of the sacrifice called āpnāna.

the proper path of the sacrifice, named Āpnāna. That is declared in a Ṛc, ‘Who here hath proclaimed the Āpnāna passage?’ Having approached the sacrifice by this passage, they obtained all desires. Verily thus also the sacrificer by this passage having approached the sacrifice obtains all desires.

18.7.7

tad etad ṛcā abhyuditam / (soma: avabhṛtha)

This is expressed in a verse:

the proper path of the sacrifice, named Āpnāna. That is declared in a Ṛc, ‘Who here hath proclaimed the Āpnāna passage?’ Having approached the sacrifice by this passage, they obtained all desires. Verily thus also the sacrificer by this passage having approached the sacrifice obtains all desires.

18.7.8

āpnānam tīrtham kim iha pra vocad iti /

'What will he proclaim here at the ford āpnāna?'

the proper path of the sacrifice, named Āpnāna. That is declared in a Ṛc, ‘Who here hath proclaimed the Āpnāna passage?’ Having approached the sacrifice by this passage, they obtained all desires. Verily thus also the sacrificer by this passage having approached the sacrifice obtains all desires.

18.7.9

etena vai devās tīrthena yajñam prapadya sarvān kāmān āpuḥ /

By this ford the gods entered upon the sacrifice and attained all desires.

the proper path of the sacrifice, named Āpnāna. That is declared in a Ṛc, ‘Who here hath proclaimed the Āpnāna passage?’ Having approached the sacrifice by this passage, they obtained all desires. Verily thus also the sacrificer by this passage having approached the sacrifice obtains all desires.

18.7.10

tatho eva etad yajamāna etena eva tīrthena yajñam prapadyate /

In the very same way the sacrificer enters upon the sacrifice by this ford;

the proper path of the sacrifice, named Āpnāna. That is declared in a Ṛc, ‘Who here hath proclaimed the Āpnāna passage?’ Having approached the sacrifice by this passage, they obtained all desires. Verily thus also the sacrificer by this passage having approached the sacrifice obtains all desires.

18.7.11

sarvān kāmān āpnoti / (soma: avabhṛtha)

he attains all desires.

the proper path of the sacrifice, named Āpnāna. That is declared in a Ṛc, ‘Who here hath proclaimed the Āpnāna passage?’ Having approached the sacrifice by this passage, they obtained all desires. Verily thus also the sacrificer by this passage having approached the sacrifice obtains all desires.

18.7.12

te yasyām diśy āpo bhavanti tām diśam abhyāvṛtya caranti /

They proceed turning towards that quarter in which the water is.

xviii. 10. Turning to the region in which are the waters, they proceed (with the rite); it is the eastern quarter in which the deities are. He offers four fore-offerings, omitting that for the strew; that for the strew he omits, for the strew is not strewn here. The butter portions contain a reference to the slaying of Vṛtra, for the slaying of evil; moreover, thus he does not depart from the model of the full moon sacrifice. Some make them contain (the words) ‘in the waters’, but the rule is that they should refer to the slaying of Vṛtra. In that he sacrifices to Varuṇa in the waters, verily thus he delights him in his own abode. In that he sacrifices to Agni and Varuṇa, therein Agni becomes a sharer in all the oblations. He offers two after-offerings, omitting that for the strew; he leaves out that for the strew, (thinking) ‘The strew is offspring; let me not cast offspring into the waters.’ There are a hundred and one fore-offerings and after-offerings; man has a hundred (years of) life, has a hundred joints, has a hundred strengths, has a hundred powers; the hundred and first is the body. This is the way of the Aṅgirases; he sets out by this way, he obtains identity of world and union with the Aṅgirases. The six or eight vaṣaṭ calls are the way of the Ādityas; he sets out by this way, he obtains identity of world and union with the Ādityas.

18.7.13

sā vai prācī dig yasyām devatāḥ / (soma: avabhṛtha)

The eastern quarter is indeed that in which the deities are.

18.7.14

caturaḥ prayājān yajaty ṛte barhiṣkam / (soma: avabhṛtha)

He offers four fore-offerings, omitting that of the barhis.

18.7.15

barhiṣmantam utsṛjati /

He leaves out the one with the barhis.

18.7.16

na hy atra barhiḥ stīryate /

For here the barhis is not strewed.

18.7.17

vārtraghnāv ājya bhāgau bhavataḥ pāpmana eva vadhāya / (soma: avabhṛtha)

There are two Vṛtra-slaying butter portions, to strike down evil.

18.7.18

atho ha asya paurṇamāsāt tantrād anitam bhavati /

Moreover, he has not departed from the ritual paradigm of the full moon day.

18.7.19

apsumantau ha eke kurvanti / (soma: avabhṛtha)

Some indeed make them containing [the word] 'water'.

18.7.20

vārtraghnau tv eva sthitau /

However, the two Vṛtra-slaying ones are established.

18.7.21

atha yad apsu varuṇam yajati /

Now as to his sacrificing to Varuṇa in the waters:

18.7.22

sva eva enam tad āyatane prīṇāti / (soma: avabhṛtha)

he pleases him in his own abode.

18.7.23

atha yad agnīvaruṇau yajati /

Now as to his sacrificing to Agni and Varuṇa:

18.7.24

atra agniḥ sarveṣu havihṣu bhāgī bhavati / (soma: avabhṛtha)

here Agni becomes a sharer in all the oblations.

18.7.25

dvāv anuyājau yajaty ṛte barhiṣkam /

He offers two after-offerings, omitting that of the barhis.

18.7.26

barhiṣmantam utsṛjati /

He leaves out the one with the barhis.

18.7.21_2

prajā vai barhiḥ /

Offspring is indeed the barhis:

18.7.28

na it prajām apsu pravṛṇajāni iti / (soma: avabhṛtha)

[he thinks,] 'Lest I throw offspring into the waters.'