Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.13

25.13.1

yaḥ satriyaḥ sāṃvatsariko viśvajit /

that which is the Viśvajit belonging to the year-long sacrificial session.

25.13.2

pratiṣṭhā vā agniṣṭomaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: viśvajit)

The Agniṣṭoma is indeed a firm foundation, [concluding thus] for the sake of a firm foundation.

25.13.3

ekāha u ced viśvajid rātri satrasya vā viṣuvān atirātra eva syāt / (soma: viśvajit)

If it is an independent one-day Viśvajit, or the central day of a night session, it should indeed be an Atirātra.

25.13.4

sa kṛtsno viśvajid yo atirātraḥ /

Complete is that Viśvajit which is an Atirātra.

25.13.5

ardham vai viśvajito ahnā kriyate / (soma: viśvajit)

Half of the Viśvajit is indeed performed by day,

25.13.6

ardham rātryā /

and half by night.

25.13.7

sarva parājid u ha eva sa yo anyatra sarva vedasād vā satrād vā kriyate /

Now, that [sacrifice] is indeed a total loss of everything which is performed elsewhere than with giving all property or [in] a sacrificial session.

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.8

sarva jyānir ha eva sā / (soma: viśvajit)

That indeed is a complete deprivation,

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.9

yo anyatra viśvajitaḥ sarvam dadāti /

when one gives away everything elsewhere than at the Viśvajit.

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.10

viśvajic cet sarvam eva /

If it is the Viśvajit, [one gives] everything;

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.11

sarvam u ced viśvajid eva / (soma: viśvajit)

and if [one gives] everything, it must be the Viśvajit.

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.12

yo ha vai na sarvam dadāmi iti bruvan /

Whoever, indeed, says, 'I will not give everything,'

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.13

kartapatyam eva taj jīyate pra vā mīyate iti ha sma āha / (soma: viśvajit)

he is deprived of his descent into the pit, or he perishes, so he used to say.

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.14

sahasram vā enam avarundha iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ /

'A thousand [cows] secure him,' Kauṣītaki used to say;

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.15

sarvam vai tad yat sahasram / (soma: viśvajit)

for that which is a thousand is everything.

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.16

sarvam viśvajit /

The Viśvajit is everything;

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.17

tat sarveṇa sarvam āpnoti ya evam veda /

he thus obtains everything by means of everything, who knows this.

when all one's property is given or a session, is one which brings all ruin. It is a loss of all if a man gives all without a Viçvajit. If there is a Viçvajit (he should give) all; if (he gives) all, it (should be) a Viçvajit. 'If a man does not give all, saying "Let me give all," he prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin,' he used to say. 'Or a thousand makes this up,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'The thousand is all; the Viçvajit is all; by all may I obtain all,' (so thinking he gives a thousand).

25.13.18

vatsac chavīn paridadhīta /

He should put on skins of calves.

xxv. 15. He should put round a calfskin; bare as it were becomes the body of him who gives all. (He puts round thinking) 'Cattle desire a calf; let cattle again desire me.' He should dwell in an Udumbara wood; the Udumbara is strength and proper food; (verily it serves) to obtain strength and proper food. He should dwell with a Naiṣāda; the Naiṣāda is the minimum of proper food; (verily it serves) to obtain the minimum of proper food. He should dwell with a Vaiçya; the Vaiçya prospers; (verily it serves) to obtain the proper food which is with a Vaiçya. He should dwell with a Kṣatriya; the Kṣatriya is the maximum of proper food; (verily it serves) to obtain the maximum of proper food. He should dwell with a Brahman of the same family, to obtain the proper food which is with a Brahman of the same family. For a year should he wander, lying on the ground, accepting only uncultivated (fruits), not asking for food, clothed in what is given. With that he clothes himself. 'Having done this for twelve nights he may devote himself to another desire,' Kauṣītaki used to say, 'the year has twelve months, this is an image of the year.' The Ājya (Çastras) of the Hotrakas are addressed to Prajāpati, as having no deity mentioned. The strophes of this day (of these priests) are 'Do ye two aid us to terrestrial,' 'They yoke the tawny ruddy one,' and 'Them they ever praise' or 'Praise him who with his light.' The strophes of the sixth day they should make the antistrophes; the sixth day is connected with Prajāpati; the other five are Prajāpati as the Viçvajit the litanies they conclude with the ending sets of verses; the ending verses are a support; verily (they serve) for support.

25.13.19

riricāna iva vā etasya ātmā bhavati yaḥ sarvam dadāti / (soma: viśvajit)

Empty, as it were, becomes the self of him who gives away everything.

25.13.20

vatsam vai paśavo vāñchanti /

Cattle indeed desire the calf,

25.13.21

punar mā paśavo vāñchantv iti /

[and he does so thinking,] 'May cattle desire me again.'

25.13.22

udumbare vaset / (soma: viśvajit)

He should reside among the Udumbaras;

25.13.23

ūrg vā anna adyam udumbaraḥ /

the Udumbara is vigor and food,

25.13.24

ūrjo anna adyasya upāptyai /

for the attainment of vigor and food.

25.13.25

naiṣāde vaset / (soma: viśvajit)

He should reside among the Niṣādas;

25.13.26

etad vā avara ardhyam anna adyam nan naiṣādaḥ /

that Niṣāda [food] is the lowest food,

25.13.27

avara ardhyasya anna adyasya upāptyai / (soma: viśvajit)

for the attainment of the lowest food.