Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.4.1-14
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 24.4.1-14
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24.4.1
svar bhānur ha vā āsura ādityam tamasā avidhyat /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.2
tasya atrayas tamo apajighāṃsanta etam saptadaśa stomam tryaham purastād viṣuvata upāyan / (soma: svara sāman)
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.3
tasya purastāt tamo apajaghnuḥ /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.4
tat purastād asīdat /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.5
ta etam eva tryaham upariṣṭād viṣuvata upāyan /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.6
tasya upariṣṭāt tamo apajaghnuḥ / (soma: svara sāman)
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.7
tat parastād asīdat /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.8
tad ya evam vidvāṃsa etam tryaham ubhayato viṣuvantam upayanti /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.9
ubhābhyām eva te lokābhyām yajamānāḥ pāpmānam apaghnate / (soma: svara sāman)
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.10
tān vai svara sāmāna ity ācakṣate /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.11
etair ha vā atraya ādityam tamaso aspṛṇvata / (soma: svara sāman)
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.12
tad yad aspṛṇvata /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.13
tasmāt svara sāmānaḥ /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
24.4.14
tad etad ṛcā abhyuditam /
xxiv. 3. Svarbhānu, an Asura, pierced with darkness the sun; the Atris were fain to smite away its darkness; they performed, before the Viṣuvant, this set of three days, with the Saptadaça Stoma. They smote away the darkness in front of it; that settled behind ; they performed the same three-day (rite) after the Viṣuvant; they smote away the darkness behind it. Those who perform, knowing thus, this three-day (rite) with the Saptadaça Stoma on both sides of the Viṣuvant, verily those sacrificers smite away evil from both worlds. They call them the Svarasāmans; by them the Atris rescued (_apaspṛṇvata_) the sun from the darkness; in that they rescued, therefore are they Svarasāmans. This is declared in a Ṛc,
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)
- Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit