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translation) ### [23.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.3) yajñam eva tad ārabhate / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > He thereby undertakes the sacrifice itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.5) tā vā etās triṣṭubho virāḍ varṇāḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > These, indeed, are Triṣṭubhs having the character of Virāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.6) tā atra kriyante / > They are used here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.7) etā hy ahno rūpeṇa sampannāḥ / > For they are endowed with the characteristic form of the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.9) traiṣṭubho vā indraḥ / > Indra, indeed, is connected with the Triṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.10) madhyaṃdina āyatano vā indraḥ / > Indra's domain, indeed, is the midday \[pressing\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.12) traiṣṭubha indraḥ / > Indra belongs to the Triṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.13) na id indram svād āyatanāc cyavayāma iti / > \[It is retained\] lest we should dislodge Indra from his own domain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.15) jātavad vai caturthasya ahno rūpam / > For \[the word\] 'born' (jātavat) is the characteristic mark of the fourth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.17) gāyatra madhyaṃdino hy eṣa tryahaḥ / > For this three-day period has the Gāyatrī at midday. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.20) atha na ādriyeta / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > Then he should not heed \[any deviation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.21) ātmā vai stotriyaḥ prajā anurūpaḥ / > The stotriya verse is the self; the anurūpa verse is offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.22) annam nyūṅkhaḥ / > The nyūṅkha is food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.23) annam eva tad ātmani ca prajānām ca dadhāti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > He thereby places food in himself and in his offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.24) ānuṣṭubham nyūṅkham nyūṅkhayed iti ha eka āhuḥ / > 'One should make an Anuṣṭubh nyūṅkha,' say some. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.25) ānuṣṭubham vai caturtham ahaḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > The fourth day, indeed, belongs to the Anuṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.26) tad etat svena chandasā samardhayati / > Thus he prospers it with its own metre. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.27) vairājam nyūṅkham nyūṅkhayed iti sā sthitiḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > 'One should make a Vairāja nyūṅkha,' such is the settled rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.28) annam virāḍ annam nyūṅkhaḥ / > Virāj is food; the nyūṅkha is food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.30) madhyame pade nyūṅkhayet / > He should make the nyūṅkha on the middle pada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.31) ātmā vai pūrvam padam prajā uttamam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > The self is the first pada, offspring the last. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.32) madhyam madhyam padam / > The middle pada is the waist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.33) madhye vā idam ātmano annam dhīyate / > It is in the middle of the body, indeed, that food is placed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.36) etena vai devāḥ sarvā aṣṭīr āśnuvata / > By means of this, indeed, the gods attained all attainments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.38) kuha śruta iti kuha śrutīyāḥ / > "Where heard...?" \[RV 8.92.1\] are the Kuhaśrutīya verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.39) tā vai virājo anuṣṭubho vā bhavanti / > They are either Virājs or Anuṣṭubhs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.40) tā atra kriyante / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha) > They are performed here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.41) etā hy ahno rūpeṇa sampannāḥ / > For these are endowed with the characteristic mark of the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.43) sva rāja iti sva rāḍvat / > By the word 'self-ruler' (svarāj), it contains svarāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.44) sva rāḍvad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing svarāj is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.46) ā cyāvayasy ūtaya ity ūtimat / > By 'thou dost bring down for help' (ūtaye), it contains ūti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.2.47) ūtimad iti vā asya rūpam / > Containing ūti is indeed its characteristic mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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 \[pressing\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.23.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śākala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*sakala.3.46.1) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.4.14.14) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.5) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: 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