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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.4.22

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 24.4.22

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Sanskrit

24.4.22

ānuṣṭubhāni nividdhānāni bhavanti / (soma: svara sāman)

By this the Svarasāmans are mentioned. The Marutvatīyas have (the word) 'who'; the Pragāthas of the Niṣkevalyas have (the word) 'who'. Prajāpati is 'Who'; the Svarasāmans are Prajāpati; they have Anuṣṭubh Nivids inserted. The Anuṣṭubh is the waters; the Svarasāmans are the waters, for all this (universe) is surrounded with the waters, for on both sides of yonder sun there are waters below and above. This is declared in a Ṛc,

Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

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