Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.6
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 20.6
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20.6.1
ud u ṣya devaḥ savitā hiraṇyayā iti sāvitram /
"Up indeed that god Savitṛ with golden [arms]" is [the hymn] to Savitṛ.
20.6.2
ghṛtena pāṇī abhi pruṣṇute makha iti ghṛtavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
"With ghee the worthy one sprinkles his two hands" contains the word 'ghee' (ghṛta).
20.6.3
bahu devatyam vai ghṛtam /
Ghee indeed belongs to many deities.
20.6.4
bahudevatyam tṛtīyam ahaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
The third day belongs to many deities.
20.6.5
tasmād ghṛtavat /
Therefore it contains [the word] ‘ghee’.
20.6.6
ghṛtena dyāvā pṛthivī abhīvṛte..iti dyāvā pṛthivīyam ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
‘With ghee, heaven and earth are covered’ is addressed to Dyāvāpṛthivī, containing [the word] ‘ghee’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
20.6.7
takṣan ratham suvṛtam vidmanā apasa ity ārbhavam /
‘They fashioned the well-rolling chariot by skill, skilful in work’ is addressed to the Ṛbhus.
20.6.8
takṣan harī indra vāhā vṛṣaṇ vasū iti ninartiḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
‘They fashioned the two bay steeds carrying Indra, the bull, possessing goods’ contains a dancing-measure.
20.6.9
antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ /
The third day is the end.
20.6.10
nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati /
Having reached the end, as it were, one dances.
20.6.11
kadryan hi tata iyāt /
For whither would one go from there?
20.6.12
ā no bhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvata iti vaiśvadevam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
‘May auspicious intentions come to us from all sides’ is addressed to the Viśvedevas.
20.6.13
aprāyuvo rakṣitāro dived iva iti ninartiḥ /
‘Unwearied guardians day by day’ contains a dancing-measure.
20.6.14
antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
The third day is the end.
20.6.15
nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati /
Having reached the end, as it were, one dances.
20.6.16
kadryan hi tata iyāt /
For whither would one go from there?
20.6.17
vaiśvānarāya dhiṣaṇām ṛtā vṛdha iti vaiśvānarīyam /
‘To Vaiśvānara, offering, increaser of cosmic order’ is addressed to Vaiśvānara.
20.6.18
ghṛtam na pūtam agnaye janām asi iti ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
‘Ghee purified we produce for Agni’ contains [the word] ‘ghee’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
20.6.19
ā rudrāsa indravantaḥ sajoṣasa iti mārutam /
‘Come, O Rudras, accompanied by Indra, united’ is addressed to the Maruts.
20.6.20
tṛṣṇaje na diva utsā udanyava iti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
‘Like springs of heaven, seeking water for the thirsty’ [is the verse].
20.6.21
diva iti tad amuṣya lokasya rūpam /
‘Of heaven’—that is the form of yonder world.
20.6.22
tvām agna ṛtāyavaḥ samīdhira iti jātavedasīyam / (abhiplava sadaha)
‘Thee, O Agni, righteous men have kindled’ is addressed to Jātavedas.
20.6.23
tvām tvām iti saprabhṛti /
‘Thee, thee’—it has a repeated beginning.
20.6.24
yathā vai sodarkam evam saprabhṛty anta rūpam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
Just as that which has an end-verse, so that which has a repeated beginning is the form of the end.
20.6.25
amuṃl lokam tṛtīyena ahnā āpnuvanti /
They attain yonder world by means of the third day.
20.6.26
ādityam devam devatānām / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
The sun, the deity among the deities—
20.6.27
rūpam adhibhūtam cakṣur ātman dadhate cakṣur ātman dadhate / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
form, over entities; they place sight in themselves, they place sight in themselves.
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