Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.1
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.1
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23.1.1
antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ /
The third day is an end.
23.1.2
te devā antam gatvā caturtham ahar aicchan /
Having reached the end, those gods sought the fourth day.
23.1.3
tasmād icchadvat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Therefore it contains [the verbal root] 'to seek' (iṣ-).
23.1.4
tad iṣṭvā avindan /
Having sought it, they found it.
23.1.5
tasmād vittavat /
Therefore it contains [the verbal root] 'to find' (vid-).
23.1.6
tad āhur yad antas tṛtīyam ahar atha kasmāc caturthe ahan nyūṅkhayati iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Concerning this they say: 'Since the third day is the end, why then does he introduce the nyūṅkha on the fourth day?'
23.1.7
vāca eva tad āyatanam virājo yac caturtham ahaḥ /
That which is the fourth day is the abode of speech, of the Virāj.
23.1.10
annam virāḍ annam vāk /
Food is the Virāj; food is speech.
23.1.11
tām eva etac caturthe ahan vibhāvayati / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
It is that very [speech] which he thus elaborates on the fourth day.
23.1.12
yathā ayas taptam vinayed evam tat /
Just as one would bend heated metal, so is that.
23.1.13
vāco vibhūtyai /
It is for the manifold development of speech.
23.1.14
tasya etāni chando rūpāṇi / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
These are its metric marks:
23.1.15
saṃrāḍvad virāḍvat svarāḍvaj jātavad ūtimad vītimat parivad abhivad upavad iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
containing saṃrāj, containing virāj, containing svarāj, containing jāta, containing ūti, containing vīti, containing pari, containing abhi, containing upa.
23.1.16
āgnim na sva vṛktibhir iti vaimadam ājyam /
"Agni with our own praises..." [RV 10.21.1] is the Vaimada Ājya recitation.
23.1.17
vimadena vai devā asurān vyamadan /
By means of Vimada, indeed, the gods intoxicated and drove away the Asuras.
23.1.18
tad yac caturthe ahan vimadaḥ śasyate madhyataś ca hotrāsu ca /
So when [the hymn of] Vimada is recited on the fourth day, both in the middle and in the Hotrā recitations,
23.1.19
aṅgād aṅgād eva tad yajamānāḥ pāpmānam vimadanti /
the sacrificers thereby indeed drive away evil from limb after limb.
23.1.20
agnir jāto atharvaṇā iti jātavat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) āgnim(pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
"Agni produced by Atharvan..." [RV 10.21.5] contains [the word] 'born' (jātavat).
23.1.21
tad etasya ahno rūpam /
That is the characteristic mark of this day.
23.1.22
tāḥ saṃśastā daśa jagatyaḥ sampadyante /
When fully recited, they amount to ten Jagatīs.
23.1.23
jagat prātaḥ savano hy eṣa tryahaḥ /
For this three-day period has the Jagatī at the morning pressing.
23.1.24
viṃśatir gāyatrīḥ /
[Or] twenty Gāyatrīs.
23.1.25
gāyatrī prātaḥ savanam vahati / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
The Gāyatrī bears the morning pressing.
23.1.26
tad u ha prātaḥ savana rūpān na apaiti /
And thus it does not depart from the characteristic form of the morning pressing.
23.1.27
iti nu vyūḍhe /
This is the case in the shifted [order of metres] (vyūḍha).
23.1.28
uddhṛtya etad agnim naro dīdhitibhir araṇyor iti samūḍhe vairājam ājyam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Having set that aside, "Men [rubbed] Agni with their fingers in the two kindling sticks..." [RV 7.1.1] is the Vairāja Ājya recitation in the unshifted [order] (samūḍha).
23.1.29
vairājam pṛṣṭham tat saloma /
The Pṛṣṭha is Vairāja; therefore it accords with it.
23.1.30
vāsiṣṭham ājyam /
It is the Vāsiṣṭha Ājya recitation.
23.1.31
vāsiṣṭham pṛṣṭham tat saloma /
The Pṛṣṭha is Vāsiṣṭha; therefore it accords with it.
23.1.32
hasta cyutī janayanta praśastam iti jātavat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
"Moving their hands, they generated the praised one..." [RV 7.1.1] contains [the word] 'born' (jātavat).
23.1.33
tad etasya ahno rūpam /
That is the characteristic mark of this day.
23.1.34
ānuṣṭubhaḥ praugaḥ /
The Prauga recitation is in the Anuṣṭubh metre.
23.1.35
ānuṣṭubham vai caturtham ahaḥ /
The fourth day, indeed, belongs to the Anuṣṭubh.
23.1.36
tad enat svena chandasā samardhayati / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Thus he prospers it with its own metre.
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