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Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.4) svaranti tvā sute nara iti dvṛco aneka pātitāyai / > "They sound to thee when pressed, O men"—\[this is\] a two-verse hymn, so that \[the womb-verse\] does not fall alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.5) na id asau bṛhaty ekākinī iva śastā asad iti / (soma: svara sāman) > lest that Bṛhatī should be recited as if all alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.6) adhvaryo vīra pra mahe sutānām iti vijñāta traiṣṭubham sanava dharaṇam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > "O adhvaryu hero, forth to the great \[offering\] of the pressed \[drinks\]" is a recognized Triṣṭubh hymn supporting the pressing; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.7) gāyanti tvā gāyatriṇa ity ānuṣṭubham niṣkevalyam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > "The singers of the Gāyatra sing thee" is an Anuṣṭubh Niṣkevalya \[hymn\]; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.8) ud vaṃśam iva yemira ity udvad bārhatam / (soma: svara sāman) > "They raised, as it were, a bamboo pole" has \[the prefix\] "up" (ud) and belongs to the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.9) ity u vā u dvitīyasya / > Such indeed is \[the order\] of the second \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.10) imā u tvā prūravaso iti pragāthaḥ pāvaka varṇāḥ kavarṇā iti kadvāṃs tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: svara sāman) > "These to thee, O Pūruvasu" is a pragātha; the syllables "pāvaka" and the syllables "ka" contain "what" (kad); its Brāhmaṇa has been explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 7. Then the basis of the Bṛhat (is recited). 'They call thee, men, when (the juice) is pressed' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were.' 'O Adhvaryu, O hero, to the mighty the pressed (juices)' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'The singers sing thee' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'up' in 'Up with a rod they have raised thee', and connected with the Bṛhat. 'These thee, O thou of much light' is the Pragātha, containing (the word) 'who (\*ka\*)' in \*kavarṇa\* in 'of pure hues (\*pāvakavarṇāḥ\*)'; the explanation of this has been given. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.11) atha rathantarasya yonir atha bṛhatas tayor uktam brāhmaṇam / > Then \[comes\] the womb of the Rathantara, then of the Bṛhat; the Brāhmaṇa of both has been explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xxiv. 8. Then the basis of the Rathantara (is recited), then that of the Bṛhat. 'Bounding as a wild elephant' is a couplet, to avoid isolation; (it is used, thinking) 'Let not that Bṛhatī have been recited by itself alone as it were'. 'This bowl with the drink for Indra' is the normal Triṣṭubh (triplet) which supports the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. 'Indra all have caused to grow' is the Niṣkevalya in Anuṣṭubhs, containing (the word) 'towards' in 'Towards thee we sing our praise'; this is a symbol of the Rathantara. They say 'He should not place the Nivid in the Anuṣṭubh (hymns), he confuses the arrangement of metres at the midday (performance).' Having recited the Anuṣṭubhs first for the obtaining of desire, he inserts a Nivid in the Triṣṭubh (hymns); thus in due order is the Nivid inserted; it being inserted in due order places them in due order in all the worlds and in all desires. 'Hither thy car with every boon, O dread one'; (he inserts a Nivid) in (this hymn), containing (the word) 'hither' and connected with the Rathantara on the first day. 'He hath drunk hence, most marvellous and up for us', (he inserts a Nivid) in (this hymn) containing (the word) 'up', and connected with the Bṛhat on the second (day). 'In thee from of old the songs have gone together, O Indra', (he inserts a Nivid) in (this hymn), containing (the word) 'go' and being a symbol of the end on the third (day). If the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras the Sāman > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [24.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.12) dānā mṛgo na vāraṇa iti dvṛco aneka pātitāyai / (soma: svara sāman) > "A wild beast like an elephant by gifts"—\[this is\] a two-verse hymn, so that \[the womb-verse\] does not fall alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.13) na id asau bṛhaty ekākinī iva śastā asad iti / > lest that Bṛhatī should be recited as if all alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.14) idam tyat pātram indra pānam iti vijñāta traiṣṭubham savana dharaṇam tasya uktam brahmaṇam / (soma: svara sāman) > "This is that vessel for Indra's drinking" is a recognized Triṣṭubh hymn supporting the pressing; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.15) indram viśvā avīvṛdhann ity ānuṣṭubham niṣkevalyam tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / > The Niṣkevalya recitation in Anuṣṭubh meter begins: 'Indra have all enhanced'; its Brāhmaṇa has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.16) tvām abhi pra ṇonuma ity abhivat / > 'Unto thee we shout aloud' contains \[the word\] 'unto'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.17) tad rāthantaram rūpam / (soma: svara sāman) > That is the characteristic form of the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.18) ity u vā u tṛtīyasya / > Such indeed is that of the third \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.19) evam nu yadi svara pṛṣṭhā bhavanti / > Thus it is if the Pṛṣṭha stotras are the Svara sāmans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.20) yadi vā svara yoniṣu bṛhad rathantare ūḍhe syātām / (soma: svara sāman) > Or if the Bṛhat and Rathantara should be applied upon the wombs of the Svara \[sāmans\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.21) etad eva śastram avikṛtam / > this recitation is unmodified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.22) yady u bṛhad rathantare pṛṣṭhe kuryuḥ / > If, however, they make the Bṛhat and Rathantara the Pṛṣṭha stotras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [24.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6.23) prajātā stotriyā anurūpā bārhata rāthantarāḥ prajñātā dhāyyā / (soma: svara sāman) > the Stotriya and Anurūpa verses of the Bṛhat and Rathantara are well known; the Dhāyyā verses are well known. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.24.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.24.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.asvalayana.7.4-6) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.24.6) · Pramāṇa