Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.1

25.1.1

āpas tapo atapyanta /

xxv. 1. The waters practised fervour; after practising fervour they

25.1.2

tās tapas taptvā garbham adadhata /

xxv. 1. The waters practised fervour; after practising fervour they

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.3

tata eṣa ādityo ajāyata ṣaṣṭhe māsi /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.4

tasmāt satriṇaḥ ṣaṣṭhe māsidivā kīrtyam upayanti / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.5

sa ṣaṇ māsān udann eti ṣaḍ āvṛttaḥ /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.6

tasmāt satriṇaḥ ṣaḍ eva ūrdhvān māso yanti ṣaḍ āvṛttān / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.7

antareṇa u ha vā etam aśanāyā ca punar mṛtyuś ca /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.8

apāśanāyām ca punar mṛtyum ca jayanti ye vaiṣuvatam ahar upayanti / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.9

tasya etāni chando rūpāṇi /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.10

sūryavad bhānumaj jyotiṣmad rukmavad rucitavadd haryatavad iti / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.11

samudrād ūrmir madhumān udārad ity ājyam /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.12

samudrādd hy eṣo adbhya udaiti /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.13

indra ekam sūryam ekam jajāna iti sūryavat / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.14

tad etasya ahno rūpam /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.15

tāḥ saṃśastā ekaviṃśatim anuṣṭubhaḥ sampadyante / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.16

ekaviṃśo vā eṣa ya eṣa tapati /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.17

tad enam svena rūpeṇa samardhayanti / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.18

traiṣṭubhaḥ praugaḥ /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.19

viṣuvān vā eṣo ahnām / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.20

viṣupān chandasām triṣṭup /

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.

25.1.21

tad enat svena chandasā samardhayati / (soma: viṣuvat)

conceived; thence was this sun born on the sixth month; therefore on the sixth month the performers of a session perform the Divākīrtya. It goes north for six months, then for six reversed; therefore the performers go for six months forward, then for six months reversed. Without it are hunger and repeated death; they conquer hunger and repeated death who perform the Viṣuvant day. It has these symbols in its verses: (the word) ‘sun’, (the word) ‘blaze’, (the word) ‘light’, (the word) ‘ornament’, (the word) ‘shine’, (the word) ‘delight’. ‘From the ocean the wave rich in sweetness hath arisen’ is the Ājya; for from the ocean, from the waters he comes out. It contains (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra one, the sun one hath produced’; this is a symbol of this day. These (verses) recited together make up twenty-one Anuṣṭubhs; he who gives heat here is twenty-onefold; thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. The Praüga is in Triṣṭubh; this is the middle of the days; the Triṣṭubh is the middle of metres. Thus he makes it successful with its own metre.