Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.4.23-34
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.4.23-34
- Language
- Sanskrit
23.4.23
avitāsi sunvato vṛkta barhiṣa iti ṣaṭ padāḥ /
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.24
ṣaḍ vā ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.25
saṃvatsarasya eva āptyai /
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.26
tāsām gāyatrī śaṃsam śastram iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.27
tad vā atra samṛddham yad gāyatrī śaṃsam /
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.28
tad yad aṣṭābhir aṣṭābhir akṣaraiḥ praṇauti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.29
tad gāyatryai rūpam /
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.30
marutvān indra vṛṣabho raṇāya iti vijñāta traiṣṭubham savana dharaṇam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.31
vṛṣabho raṇāya iti vṛṣabhavat /
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.32
tad etasya ahno rūpam /
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.33
ayam ha yena vā idam iti marutvatīyam gāyatra / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
23.4.34
gāyatra madhyaṃdino hy eṣa tryahaḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
are verses of six Padas; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. ‘They are to be recited as Gāyatrī verses’, Kauṣītaki used to say; the reciting as Gāyatrī makes full completion; in that with each set of eight syllables he says the Praṇava, that is the Gāyatrī form. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is in normal Triṣṭubh and supports the pressing. The explanation of this has been given. It contains (the word) ‘bull’ in ‘The bull, for joy’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘He by whom this’ is the Marutvatīya; it is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.
Translations (2)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Mādhyandina — Sanskrit
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit