Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.2
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.2
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23.2.1
tam tvā yajñebhir īmaha iti yajñavatyā marutvatīyam pratipadyate /
He begins the Marutvatīya recitation with [a verse] containing [the word] 'sacrifice' (yajñavat): "Thee we approach with sacrifices..." [RV 8.40.7].
23.2.2
punar ārambhyo vai caturthe ahan yajñaḥ /
For on the fourth day the sacrifice is to be undertaken afresh.
23.2.3
yajñam eva tad ārabhate / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
He thereby undertakes the sacrifice itself.
23.2.4
śrudhī havam indra mā riṣaṇya iti marutvatīyam /
"Hear the call, O Indra, do not fail me..." [RV 8.96.11] is the Marutvatīya hymn.
23.2.5
tā vā etās triṣṭubho virāḍ varṇāḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
These, indeed, are Triṣṭubhs having the character of Virāj.
23.2.6
tā atra kriyante /
They are used here.
23.2.7
etā hy ahno rūpeṇa sampannāḥ /
For they are endowed with the characteristic form of the day.
23.2.8
indra marutva iha pāhi somam iti vijñāta traiṣṭubham savana dharaṇam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
"O Indra with the Maruts, drink the Soma here..." [RV 3.51.7] is the well-known Triṣṭubh pressing-supporter (savana-dharaṇa).
23.2.9
traiṣṭubho vā indraḥ /
Indra, indeed, is connected with the Triṣṭubh.
23.2.10
madhyaṃdina āyatano vā indraḥ /
Indra's domain, indeed, is the midday [pressing].
23.2.11
tāni vā etāni vijñāta traiṣṭubhāni savana dharaṇāny api vyūḍhac chandaso madhyaṃdinān na cyavante / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
These well-known Triṣṭubh pressing-supporters do not depart from the midday [pressing], even when the metres are shifted.
23.2.12
traiṣṭubha indraḥ /
Indra belongs to the Triṣṭubh.
23.2.13
na id indram svād āyatanāc cyavayāma iti /
[It is retained] lest we should dislodge Indra from his own domain.
23.2.14
jātam yat tvā pari devā abhūṣann iti jātavat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
"When the gods adorned thee at birth..." [RV 3.51.8] contains [the word] 'born' (jātavat).
23.2.15
jātavad vai caturthasya ahno rūpam /
For [the word] 'born' (jātavat) is the characteristic mark of the fourth day.
23.2.16
imam nu māyinam huva iti marutvatīyam gāyatram / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
"Now call I him who has wondrous craft..." [RV 8.96.10] is the Gāyatra Marutvatīya hymn.
23.2.17
gāyatra madhyaṃdino hy eṣa tryahaḥ /
For this three-day period has the Gāyatrī at midday.
23.2.18
atha ata iha nyūṅkhayed iha iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Now as to this, [one asks]: 'Should one make the nyūṅkha here or here?'
23.2.19
stotriya anurūpayoś ca eva uktha mukhīyayoś ca nyūṅkhaḥ /
The nyūṅkha belongs to the stotriya and anurūpa verses and to the opening verses of the uktha.
23.2.20
atha na ādriyeta / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Then he should not heed [any deviation].
23.2.21
ātmā vai stotriyaḥ prajā anurūpaḥ /
The stotriya verse is the self; the anurūpa verse is offspring.
23.2.22
annam nyūṅkhaḥ /
The nyūṅkha is food.
23.2.23
annam eva tad ātmani ca prajānām ca dadhāti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
He thereby places food in himself and in his offspring.
23.2.24
ānuṣṭubham nyūṅkham nyūṅkhayed iti ha eka āhuḥ /
'One should make an Anuṣṭubh nyūṅkha,' say some.
23.2.25
ānuṣṭubham vai caturtham ahaḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
The fourth day, indeed, belongs to the Anuṣṭubh.
23.2.26
tad etat svena chandasā samardhayati /
Thus he prospers it with its own metre.
23.2.27
vairājam nyūṅkham nyūṅkhayed iti sā sthitiḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
'One should make a Vairāja nyūṅkha,' such is the settled rule.
23.2.28
annam virāḍ annam nyūṅkhaḥ /
Virāj is food; the nyūṅkha is food.
23.2.29
annam eva tad yajñe ca yajamāneṣu ca dadhāti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
He thereby places food in the sacrifice and in the sacrificers.
23.2.30
madhyame pade nyūṅkhayet /
He should make the nyūṅkha on the middle pada.
23.2.31
ātmā vai pūrvam padam prajā uttamam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
The self is the first pada, offspring the last.
23.2.32
madhyam madhyam padam /
The middle pada is the waist.
23.2.33
madhye vā idam ātmano annam dhīyate /
It is in the middle of the body, indeed, that food is placed.
23.2.34
tad yathā abhigrāsam annam adyād evam tat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
That is just as if one were to eat food mouthful by mouthful.
23.2.35
indram id devatātaya ity aṣṭa indraḥ pragāthaḥ /
"Indra alone for the godhead..." [RV 8.92.19] is the eight-verse Indra Pragātha.
23.2.36
etena vai devāḥ sarvā aṣṭīr āśnuvata /
By means of this, indeed, the gods attained all attainments.
23.2.37
tatho eva etad yajamānā etena eva sarvā aṣṭīr aśnuvate / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Likewise also the sacrificers attain all attainments by this very means.
23.2.38
kuha śruta iti kuha śrutīyāḥ /
"Where heard...?" [RV 8.92.1] are the Kuhaśrutīya verses.
23.2.39
tā vai virājo anuṣṭubho vā bhavanti /
They are either Virājs or Anuṣṭubhs.
23.2.40
tā atra kriyante / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
They are performed here.
23.2.41
etā hy ahno rūpeṇa sampannāḥ /
For these are endowed with the characteristic mark of the day.
23.2.42
yudhmasya te vṛṣabhasya sva rāja iti vijñāta traiṣṭubham savana dharaṇam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
'Of thee the warrior, the bull, the self-ruler' (RV 7.34.1) is recognized as a Triṣṭubh hymn sustaining the pressing; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.
23.2.43
sva rāja iti sva rāḍvat /
By the word 'self-ruler' (svarāj), it contains svarāj.
23.2.44
sva rāḍvad iti vā asya rūpam /
Containing svarāj is indeed its characteristic mark.
23.2.45
tyam u vaḥ satrāsāham iti niṣkevalyam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
'Him indeed who is all-conquering for you' (RV 8.66.1) is the Niṣkevalya recitation.
23.2.46
ā cyāvayasy ūtaya ity ūtimat /
By 'thou dost bring down for help' (ūtaye), it contains ūti.
23.2.47
ūtimad iti vā asya rūpam /
Containing ūti is indeed its characteristic mark.
23.2.48
gāyatram gāyatra madhyaṃdino hy eṣa tryahaḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
It is in the Gāyatrī metre, for this three-day period has the Gāyatrī at the midday [pressing].
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