Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.7
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 23.7
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23.7.1
paśavaḥ pañcamam ahar atha puruṣa eva ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ /
Cattle are the fifth day; then man is the sixth day.
23.7.2
sa vai puruṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvo asya sarvasya / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
That man indeed is Prajāpati, prior to all this.
23.7.3
aticchandā vai prajāpatiḥ /
Prajāpati indeed is the Aticchandas metre.
23.7.4
tat prājāpatyam rūpam /
That is the characteristic mark of Prajāpati.
23.7.5
asuri indram pratyakramata parvan parvan muṣkān kṛtvā /
An Asura woman came against Indra, having made testicles on joint after joint.
23.7.6
tām indraḥ pratijigīṣan parvan parvan śepāṃsy akuruta / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
Indra, wishing to overpower her, made male organs on joint after joint.
23.7.7
indro vai parucchepaḥ /
Indra indeed is Parucchepa.
23.7.8
sarvam vā indreṇa jigīṣitam /
Everything indeed was desired to be conquered by Indra.
23.7.9
tām samabhavat / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
He united with her.
23.7.10
tam agṛhṇād asura māyayā /
Through Asura magic, she seized him.
23.7.11
sa etāḥ punaḥ padā apaśyat /
He saw these repeated pādas.
23.7.12
tābhir aṅgād aṅgāt parvaṇaḥ parvaṇaḥ sarvasmāt pāpmanaḥ prāmucyate / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
By means of them, limb by limb, joint by joint, he was freed from all evil.
23.7.13
tad yat ṣaṣṭhe ahan parucchepaḥ śasyate madhyataś ca hotrāsu ca /
In that Parucchepa's [hymns] are recited on the sixth day both in the middle and in the hotrā [recitations],
23.7.14
aṅgād aṅgād eva tad yajamānāḥ parvaṇaḥ parvaṇaḥ sarvasmāt pāpmanaḥ sampramucyante / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
thereby the sacrificers are freed limb by limb, joint by joint, from all evil.
23.7.15
nityāḥ pūrvā yājyāḥ kṛtvā pārucchepībhir yajanti /
Having performed the regular first offering verses, they sacrifice with the Pārucchepa verses.
23.7.16
tad yad ābhis tad ahar na vaṣaṭ kurvanti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
In that they do not utter the vaṣaṭ-call with them on that day,
23.7.17
tena utsṛṣṭāḥ /
thereby they are left aside.
23.7.18
yad v eva enā na antarayanti /
And in that they do not omit them,
23.7.19
na id acyutam yajñasya priyam devānām antarayāma iti / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)
[they think:] 'Lest we omit what is firm in the sacrifice, dear to the gods.'
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