Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.7

24.7.1

sāmnoḥ pragāthau pūrvau śastvā kadvataḥ pragāthān śaṃsanti /

Having recited the two Pragāthas belonging to the two sāmans first, they recite the Pragāthas containing 'kad'.

24.7.2

uddharati dvecāṃś ca savana dharaṇāni ca / (soma: svara sāman)

He removes the two-verse sets and the holders of the pressing.

24.7.3

tad āhur na anuṣṭupsu nividam dadhyān mohayati klṛptac chandaso madhyaṃdinam iti / (soma: svara sāman)

Regarding this they say: 'He should not insert the Nivid in Anuṣṭubh verses, [lest] he confuse the midday whose meters are arranged.'

24.7.4

ānuṣṭubhāni pūrvāṇi śastvā kāmasya upāptyai traiṣṭubheṣu nividam dadhāti / (soma: svara sāman)

Having recited the Anuṣṭubh verses first, he inserts the Nivid in the Triṣṭubh verses for the attainment of desire.

24.7.5

arvāg ratham viśva vāram ta ugra iti prathame ahany āvati rāthantare / (soma: svara sāman)

'Hitherward [bring] thy all-desirable chariot, O fierce one' on the first day contains 'hither', belonging to the Rathantara.

24.7.6

apādita ud u naś citratama iti dvitīya udvati bārhate / (soma: svara sāman)

'Upward has our most bright [light arisen]' on the second contains 'upward', belonging to the Bṛhat.

24.7.7

sam ca tve jagmur gira indra pūrvīr iti tṛtīye gatavay anta rūpe /

'Together unto thee have the songs gone, O Indra, many' on the third has the form of having reached the end.

24.7.8

tathā yathā yatham nivid dhīyate / (soma: svara sāman)

Thus the Nivid is inserted according to its proper place.

24.7.9

sā enān yathā yatham dhīyamānā sarveṣu ca lokeṣu sarveṣu ca kāmeṣu yathā yatham dadhāti / (soma: svara sāman)

Inserted according to its proper place, it places them according to their proper place in all worlds and in all desires.

24.7.10

yadi svarāṇi pṛṣṭhāni bhavanti /

If the Svara sāmans are the Pṛṣṭha stotras,

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.11

bṛhad rathantare eva tarhi sāmagāha pavamāneṣu kurvanti / (soma: svara sāman)

then the Sāman singers perform the Bṛhat and Rathantara in the Pavamāna lauds.

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.12

yadi bṛhad rathantare pṛṣṭhe syātām /

If the Bṛhat and Rathantara should be the Pṛṣṭha stotras,

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.13

svarāṇi tarhi sāmagāḥ pavamāneṣu kurvanti / (soma: svara sāman)

then the Sāman singers perform the Svara sāmans in the Pavamāna lauds.

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.14

svarāṇi tv eva pṛṣṭhāni syur iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ /

'The Svara sāmans alone should be the Pṛṣṭha stotras,' said Kauṣītaki.

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.15

svara sāmāno hy ete / (soma: svara sāman)

For these are the Svara-sāman days.

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.16

pṛṣṭhair vai devāḥ svargam lokam asprakṣan /

By means of the Pṛṣṭha stotras the gods touched the heavenly world.

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.17

tad yat svarāṇi pṛṣṭhāni bhavanti /

In that the Svara sāmans become the Pṛṣṭha stotras,

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’

24.7.18

svargasya eva lokasya spṛṣṭyā iti / (soma: svara sāman)

it is for touching the heavenly world.

chanters use the Bṛhat and the Rathantara in the Pavamānas, but, if the Pṛṣṭhas are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, then the Sāman chanters use the Svaras in the Pavamānas. ‘But the Pṛṣṭhas should be the Svaras only,’ Kauṣītaki used to say; ‘for they are the Svarasāmans; by the Pṛṣṭhas the gods have touched the world of heaven; the Pṛṣṭhas are the Svaras, for the touching of the world of heaven.’