Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.10

25.10.1

trayodaśam adhicaram māsam āpnuvanti yad viśvajitam upayanti /

They obtain the thirteenth, intercalary month when they undertake the Viśvajit.

xxv. 11. They obtain this thirteenth month in that they perform the Viçvajit; the thirteenth month is as great as the year; here verily the whole year is made up. Of it they say 'The six-day (rite) is the one-day (rite)', for whatever is done each day in the six-day (rite) that is done on the one-day (rite), the Viçvajit. Much and varied is done on the Viçvajit, in that all the Pṛṣṭhas, and all the various Stomas are together put in it. Its Pṛṣṭha is openly the Vairāja, the Rathantara at the midday Pavamāna, the Bṛhat at the third Pavamāna is performed, the Çākvara as the Maitrāvaruṇa's, the Vairūpa as the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin's, the Raivata as the Achāvāka's. They obtain this thirteenth supernumerary month, for that is thirteenth, as they perform the Pṛṣṭhas; 'Agni men with praise from the fire sticks' is the Ājya of this (day) in Virāj verses; the explanation of this has been given. The Praüga is by Madhuchandas; the explanation of this has been given. 'Thee like a car for aid' is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; 'This drink, O bright one, is pressed' is the antistrophe. This is the normal one-day form; the explanation of it has been given. 'With what array, of one age, of one home? is the Marutvatīya; the 'What array' hymn contains the word 'who'; the Viçvajit as Prajāpati is 'Who'. The strophe and antistrophe of the Vairāja are the strophe and antistrophe; in them he inserts a repeated *o* just as yonder in the fourth day (rite); for as it is in Virāj it is not the place to omit the repetition of *o*; then there is the inserted verse, then the Pragātha in which Indra is attained; then he recites the bases of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. 'That was the best in the worlds' is the Niṣkevalya; the sacrifice is the best in the worlds; the Viçvajit as Prajāpati is the sacrifice. Then, if the third pressing of the sixth day is the third pressing, (it is because) the sixth day is connected with Prajāpati, the Viçvajit is Prajāpati. The strophe is from the one-day (rite); the Viçvajit is a one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; verily (it serves) for support. The antistrophe contains the word 'towards'; the explanation of this has been given.

25.10.2

etāvān vai saṃvatsaro yad eṣa trayodaśo māsaḥ /

Of such extent indeed is the year, which is this thirteenth month.

25.10.3

tad atra eva sarvaḥ saṃvatsara āpto bhavati / (soma: viśvajit)

Thus the whole year is obtained right here.

25.10.4

tam āhur ekāhaḥ ṣaḍaha iti /

They call it a one-day six-day rite.

25.10.5

yady anvaham ṣaḍahe kriyate /

Whatever is performed day by day in the six-day rite,

25.10.6

ekāhe tad viśvajiti kriyate / (soma: viśvajit)

that is performed in the single day in the Viśvajit.

25.10.7

tad vā idam bahu viśva rūpam viśvajiti kriyate /

Thus this manifold, multiform [rite] is performed in the Viśvajit,

25.10.8

yat sarvāṇi pṣṭhāni sarve stomā ucca avacāḥ samavadhīyante / (soma: viśvajit)

in that all the pṛṣṭha stotras and all the stomā chants, high and low, are combined together.

25.10.9

vairājam eva asya pratyakṣam pṛṣṭham bhavati /

The Vairāja alone is its visible pṛṣṭha.

25.10.10

mādhyaṃdine pavamāne rathantaram / (soma: viśvajit)

In the midday Pavamāna, the Rathantara [is performed].

25.10.11

bṛhat tṛtīye pavamāne kriyate /

The Bṛhat is performed in the third Pavamāna.

25.10.12

śākvaram maitrāvaruṇasya /

The Śākvara is for the Maitrāvaruṇa.

25.10.13

vairūpam brāhmaṇācchaṃsinaḥ /

The Vairūpa is for the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin.

25.10.14

raivatam acchāvākasya /

The Raivata is for the Acchāvāka.

25.10.15

ta etam trayodaśam adhicaram māsam āpnuvanti / (soma: viśvajit)

They attain this thirteenth, intercalary month.

25.10.16

etadd hi trayodaśam /

For this is the thirteenth.

25.10.17

pṛṣṭhyāny upayanti /

They undertake the pṛṣṭha [sāmans].

25.10.18

tasya agnim naro dīdhitibhir araṇyor iti vairājam ājyam / (soma: viśvajit)

The ājya [śastra] belonging to the Vairāja is 'The men [have generated] Agni from the two kindling sticks by their reflections.'

25.10.19

vairājam pṛṣṭham tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /

The Vairāja is the pṛṣṭha; the brāhmaṇa of it has been stated.

25.10.20

vāsiṣṭham ājyam / (soma: viśvajit)

The ājya [śastra] belongs to Vasiṣṭha.

25.10.21

vāsiṣṭham pṛṣṭham tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /

The pṛṣṭha belongs to Vasiṣṭha; the brāhmaṇa of it has been stated.

25.10.22

mādhuc chandasaḥ praugas tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: viśvajit)

The prauga [śastra] is of Madhucchandas; the brāhmaṇa of it has been stated.

25.10.23

kayā śubhā savayasaḥ sanīḍā iti marutvatīyam /

The marutvatīya [śastra] is 'With what splendour, of like age, sharing the same nest?'

25.10.24

kadvat kayā śubhīyam / (soma: viśvajit)

The hymn containing 'with what' (kayā-śubhīya) contains the interrogative ka.

25.10.25

ko vai prajāpatir viśvajit /

Ka is indeed Prajāpati; [he is] the Viśvajit.

25.10.26

yāv eva amū vairājasya stotriya anurūpau ta stotriya anurūpau /

Those very two which are the stotriya and anurūpa of the Vairāja are the stotriya and anurūpa.

25.10.27

tayos tathā eva nyūṅkhayati yathā adaś caturthe ahan.(yathādaś caturthe.) /

In both of them he inserts the nyūṅkha in the very same way as [he did] there on the fourth day.

25.10.28

na hi vairājam tat sthānam anyūṅkhanāya / (soma: viśvajit)

For that is the place of the Vairāja, not meant to be without nyūṅkha.