Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.6.19

19.6.19

tasmin vā asti prajāvantam rayim asme saminvatv iti /

xix. 9. ‘With what array, of one age, of one home?’ is the Marutvatīya. The ninth (verse) is ‘Thou canst not be overthrown, O generous one, no one’; with it he concludes, having recited in front of it the later verses, for they are verses to the Maruts, and this is connected (with Indra) only. There is in this (Çastra) ‘The Maruts are joined together’ containing (the word) ‘together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘That was the highest in the worlds’ is the Niṣkevalya, of Bṛhaddiva; here the Hotṛ pours seed with the Bṛhaddiva, (thinking) ‘That he propagates yonder with the Mahāvrata day.’ After each year the pouring of seed is fruitful. In this there is ‘Together they sing to thee, brought forward at the carouses,’ containing (the word) ‘together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘That of Savitṛ we choose’ and ‘To-day for us, O god Savitṛ’ are the normal strophe and antistrophe of the Vaiçvadeva; the explanation of these two has been given. ‘That desirable greatness of Savitṛ, the god’ is the Savitṛ (hymn) ; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Wealth with offspring for us together

may he instigate’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘They two, sky and earth, all weal producing’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Force to be glorified may ye together instigate for us’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘Why hath the best, why hath the youngest come to us?’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus; ‘Thus in the year to-day did ye discern’ (it contains); thus openly he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘The charioteer of the sacrifice, the lord of the folk’ is the Vaiçvadeva hymn of Çaryāta; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together have Indra, Mitra, and Varuṇa pondered’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘To Vaiçvānara the praise, increasing holy order’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘With skill, as (a carpenter’s) axe a car, he brings together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘To the strong host, majestic, pious’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together I adorn the words, powerful in the assemblies’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘With the sacrifice make to increase the All-knower’ is (the hymn) for Jātavedas; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together giving riches shine among us’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of the day. These are the Āgnimāruta hymns; these are the hymns of this day. So the day is either an Agniṣṭoma or an Ukthya; ‘an Agniṣṭoma is it’ is the view of Pāiṅgya, ‘an Ukthya is it’ is the view of Kauṣītaki.