Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.6

2.6.1

sa vai sāyam juhoty agnir jyotir jyotir agnir iti /

In the evening he offers with [the formula]: "Agni is light, light is Agni."

ii. 8. ‘The light is Agni, Agni is the light.’ Him that is light he calls ‘Light’; he speaks the truth; his self here, being composed of speech, becomes composed of truth; the gods also are composed of truth. Again,

2.6.2

tam jyotiḥ santam jyotir ity āha /

Being light, he addresses him as light;

ii. 8. ‘The light is Agni, Agni is the light.’ Him that is light he calls ‘Light’; he speaks the truth; his self here, being composed of speech, becomes composed of truth; the gods also are composed of truth. Again,

2.6.3

sa satyam vadati / (agnihotra)

he speaks truth.

ii. 8. ‘The light is Agni, Agni is the light.’ Him that is light he calls ‘Light’; he speaks the truth; his self here, being composed of speech, becomes composed of truth; the gods also are composed of truth. Again,

2.6.4

tasya ayam vānmaya ātmā satyamayo bhavati /

This self of his, composed of speech, becomes composed of truth;

ii. 8. ‘The light is Agni, Agni is the light.’ Him that is light he calls ‘Light’; he speaks the truth; his self here, being composed of speech, becomes composed of truth; the gods also are composed of truth. Again,

2.6.5

satyamayā u devāḥ /

and the gods are composed of truth.

ii. 8. ‘The light is Agni, Agni is the light.’ Him that is light he calls ‘Light’; he speaks the truth; his self here, being composed of speech, becomes composed of truth; the gods also are composed of truth. Again,

2.6.6

atha svāhā iti juhoti / (agnihotra)

Then he offers [with the word]: "Svāhā."

he offers with ‘Hail!’ This offering of him of true offering the gods accept. At the head of night he speaks truth; if indeed even henceforth he speaks falsely, still truth is uttered by him, for at the head of night he speaks truth. He offers in the morning (saying) ‘The light is the sun, the sun is the light.’ Him that is light he calls light; he speaks the truth; his self here, being composed of speech, becomes composed of truth; the gods also are composed of truth. Again, he offers with ‘Hail!’ This offering of him of true offering the gods accept. At the head of day he speaks truth; if indeed even henceforth he speaks falsely, still truth is uttered by him, for at the head of day he speaks truth. The fire here offers itself in the rising sun; yonder sun, when setting, offers itself in the fire at evening; the night also (offers itself) in day, the day in night; the expiration also offers in inspiration, the inspiration in expiration. These six sacrifice themselves, each in the other; he who knows these six in the sacrificer, by him even if he sacrifices not is offering made; and if he does sacrifice twice is offering made by him who knows thus. If indeed even from a very small portion, knowing thus, he offers the Agnihotra, these two offerings of his the gods accept, and he whose (offerings) the gods once eat, from that time he is immortal. Composed of truth and immortality does he become who knows thus. Just as is the offering of a man who has faith as his deity, who speaks the truth, and is full of fervour, such is the offering of him who, knowing thus, offers the Agnihotra. Therefore (they say) one knowing thus should offer the Agnihotra.

2.6.7

tasya etām devāḥ satya hutasya āhutim pratigṛhṇanti /

The gods accept this offering of his, offered with truth.

2.6.8

rātryā u śīrṣant satyam vadati / (agnihotra)

And at the head of the night he speaks truth.

2.6.9

sa yadi ha vā api tata ūrdhvam mṛṣā vadati /

Even if after that he speaks falsely,

2.6.10

satyam ha eva asya uditam bhavati / (agnihotra)

what has been uttered by him is indeed truth;

2.6.11

rātryā u hi śīrṣant satyam vadati /

for at the head of the night he speaks truth.

2.6.12

atha prātar juhoti sūryo jyotir jyotiḥ sūrya iti / (agnihotra)

Then in the morning he offers: "Sūrya is light, light is Sūrya."

2.6.13

tam jyotiḥ santam jyotir ity āha /

Being light, he addresses it as light.

2.6.14

sa satyam vadati /

He speaks truth.

2.6.15

tasya ayam vānmaya ātmā satyamayo bhavati / (agnihotra)

This self of his, consisting of speech, becomes composed of truth;

2.6.16

satyamayā u devāḥ /

and the gods are composed of truth.

2.6.17

atha svāhā iti juhoti /

Then he offers [with the word]: "Svāhā."

2.6.18

tasya etām devāḥ satya hutasya āhutim pratigṛhṇanti / (agnihotra)

The gods accept this offering of his, offered with truth.

2.6.19

ahna u śīrṣant satyam vadati /

And at the head of the day he speaks truth.

2.6.20

sa yadi ha vā api tata ūrdhvam mṛṣā vadati /

Even if after that he speaks falsely,

2.6.21

satyam ha eva asya uditam bhavati / (agnihotra)

what has been uttered by him is indeed truth;

2.6.22

ahna u hi śīrṣant satyam vadati /

for at the head of the day he speaks truth.

2.6.23

sa vā eṣo agnir udyaty āditya ātmānam juhoti /

This Agni indeed, when rising, offers himself into Āditya.

2.6.24

asāv astam yant sāye agnāv āditya ātmānam juhoti / (agnihotra)

Yonder Āditya, setting in the evening, offers himself into Agni.