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At the twilight should he offer. Night and day are the flood that takes all; the two twilights are the fordable crossings of it; just as a man may cross the flood by the two fordable crossings, so is it in that he offers at the twilight. Again night and day are the missile of the god that goes on its way eager to kill; the two twilights are the two wings; just as with wings it may swiftly perform a journey, so is it in that he offers at the twilight. Again, night and day are the encircling arms of death; just as a man, who is about to grasp with encircling arms, may be evaded in the interval (between the arms), so is it in that he offers at the twilight. Kauṣītaki used to declare ‘In the evening, after sunset, before the darkness, at this time should he offer; this is the time of the going to the gods; grasping it he reaches safely the world of heaven. In the morning, before sunrise, when the darkness has been smitten away, at this time should he offer; this is the time of the going to the gods; grasping it he reaches safely the world of heaven. He that at another time offers the Agnihotra, the dark and the dappled rend apart his Agnihotra; the dappled is day, > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.7) rātryām eva ubhe āhutī juhvati iti / (agnihotra) > "They offer both oblations in the night!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.8) rātryā hi iti sa ha uvāca / > "In the night indeed!" he said; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.9) vaktā asmo.(.vaktāsmo).nv eva vayam amuṃl lokam paretya pitṛbhyaḥ / (agnihotra) > "now, when we have departed to yonder world, we shall speak to the fathers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.10) atho eva enam na śraddhātāraḥ / > and yet they will not believe it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.11) yad v eva etad ubhaye dyur agnihotram ahūyata / (agnihotra) > 'Whereas this Agnihotra used to be offered on both days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.12) anye dyur vā tad etarhi hūyate / > now it is offered on another \[single\] day!'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.13) rātryām eva ity etad eva kumārī gandharva gṛhītā uvāca / (agnihotra) > "In the night alone!"—this very thing a maiden possessed by a Gandharva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.14) rātryām eva ubhe āhutī juhvati iti / > "They offer both oblations in the night!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.15) rātryām hi iti sā ha uvāca / > "In the night indeed!" she said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.16) saṃdhau juhuyāt / (agnihotra) > One should offer at the junction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.17) samudro ha vā eṣa sarvam haro yad aho rātre / > Day and night are indeed an ocean that sweeps away everything; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.18) tasya ha ete gādhe tīrthe yat saṃdhye / (agnihotra) > the two twilight junctions are its two shallow fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.19) tad yathā gādhābhyām tīrthābhyām samudram atīyāt tādṛk tat / > Just as one would cross an ocean by two shallow fords, such is that, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.20) yat saṃdhau juhoti / (agnihotra) > when one offers at the junction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.21) atho deva senā ha vā eṣa adhvagā haniṣyantī yad aho rātre / (agnihotra) > Moreover, day and night are an army of the gods on the march, intent on slaying; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.22) tasyā ha ete pakṣasī yat saṃdhye / > the two twilight junctions are its two flanks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.23) tad yathā pakṣābhyām kṣipram adhvānam anviyāt tādṛk tat / (agnihotra) > Just as one would swiftly traverse a path with two wings, such is that, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.24) yat saṃdhau juhoti / > when one offers at the junction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.25) atho mṛtyor ha vā etau virāja bāhū yad ahorātre / (agnihotra) > Moreover, day and night are the two extended arms of Death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.26) tad yathā virāja bāhubhyām parijigrahīṣyann antareṇa atimucyeta tādṛk tat / > It is just as if one, about to be seized by the two arms of Virāj, should escape between them; such is that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8.27) yat saṃdhau juhoti / (agnihotra) > That he offers at the twilight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.2.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.2.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.8) · Pramāṇa