Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.5
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 21.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
21.5.1
tad devasya savitur vāryam mahad iti sāvitram /
"May we attain that desirable great [glory] of the god Savitṛ" is the Sāvitra hymn.
21.5.2
divo dhartā bhuvanasya prajāpatir iti /
"Upholder of heaven, Prajāpati of the world"—
21.5.3
diva iti tad amuṣya lokasya rūpam /
"of heaven" is the form of yonder world.
21.5.4
ghṛtena dyāvā pṛthivī abhivṛte iti dyāvā pṛthivīyam ghṛtavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
"With ghee Heaven and Earth are covered" is the Dyāvāpṛthivīya hymn containing [the word] "ghee".
21.5.5
sarva devatyam vai ghṛtam /
Ghee belongs to all the gods;
21.5.6
sarva devatyam ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ /
the sixth day belongs to all the gods;
21.5.7
tasmād ghṛtavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
therefore it contains [the word] "ghee".
21.5.8
kim u śreṣṭhaḥ kim yaviṣṭho na ājagann ity ārbhavam /
"Has the eldest, has the youngest not come?" is the Ārbhava hymn.
21.5.9
śreṣṭho yaviṣṭha iti ninartiḥ /
"The eldest, the youngest" is a dancing [cadence].
21.5.10
antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
The sixth day is an end.
21.5.11
nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati /
Having reached the end, as it were, one dances,
21.5.12
kadryan hi tata iyāt /
for whither should one go from there?
21.5.13
abudhram u tya indravanto agnaya iti vaiśvadevam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
"These fires, accompanied by Indra, have awakened" is the Vaiśvadeva hymn.
21.5.14
tasya tad eva anta rūpam yat sodarkam /
Its end-form is just this: that it has an udarka refrain.
21.5.15
vaiśvānarāya dhiṣaṇām ṛtā vṛdha iti vaiśvānarīyam /
"A hymn for Vaiśvānara, increaser of cosmic order" is the Vaiśvānarīya hymn.
21.5.16
ghṛtam na pūtam agnaye janām asi iti ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
"Like clarified ghee for Agni we produce [praise]" contains [the word] "ghee"; its Brāhmaṇa has been stated.
21.5.17
dhārāvarā maruto dhṛṣṇv ojasa iti mārutam /
"The Maruts, best with streams, of bold strength" is the Māruta hymn.
21.5.18
dhārāvarā iti ninartiḥ /
"Best with streams" is a dancing [cadence].
21.5.19
antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ /
The sixth day is an end.
21.5.20
nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati /
Having reached the end, as it were, one dances,
21.5.21
kardyan hi tata iyāt / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
for whither should one go from there?
21.5.22
tvam agne dyubhis tvam āśuśukṣaṇir iti jātavedasīyam /
"You, Agni, with days, you desirous of burning" is the Jātavedasīya hymn.
21.5.23
tvam tvam iti saprabhṛti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
"You, you" is with an initial repetition.
21.5.24
yathā vai sodarkam evam saprahṛty anta rūpam /
Just as having an udarka refrain [is an end-form], so having an initial repetition is an end-form.
21.5.25
apaḥ ṣaṣṭhena ahnā āpnuvanti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
Through the sixth day they attain the waters,
21.5.26
prajāpatim devam devatānām /
Prajāpati, the god of the gods.
21.5.27
tejo adhibhūtam amṛtam ātman dadhate / (soma: abhiplava sadaha)
They place fiery splendour, supremacy, [and] immortality in themselves.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Śākala — Sanskrit