Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.6

25.6.1

pra te mahe vidathe śaṃsiṣam harī iti /

“To your two bay horses at the great rite I would recite…”;

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.2

tasya nava śastvā āhūya nividam dadhāti / (soma: viṣuvat)

having recited nine [verses] of it, having called [with the āhāva], he inserts the nivid.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.3

āviṣ kṛdhi haraye sūryāya iti sūryavat /

Containing “reveal [the light] to the bay horse, to the sun”, it contains [the word] sun.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.4

tad etasya ahno rūpam /

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.5

sarva hareś catasro abhyudaiti / (soma: viṣuvat)

He continues beyond the four [verses] of the hymn addressed to the bay horses [“pra te mahe”].

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.6

ā satyo yātu maghavān ṛjīṣī ity ekaviṃśatiḥ /

“May the true, the generous, the drinker of soma dregs come” is twenty-one [verses],

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.7

mahi jyotī rurucur yadd ha vastor ity etena rūpeṇa / (soma: viṣuvat)

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “They made the two great lights shine, when indeed from the dawn…”.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.8

tāḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ /

These make twenty-five.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.9

viśvajite dhanajite svar jita iti ṣaḍ jagatyaḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

“To the all-conquering, wealth-winning, sun-winning” are six Jagatī verses,

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.10

indrāya somam yajatāya haryatam ity etena rūpeṇa /

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “For Indra, the worshipful, the desirable soma…”.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.11

tā ekatriṃśat /

These make thirty-one.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.12

tāsu jagatīṣu dūrohaṇam rohati / (soma: viṣuvat)

On those Jagatī verses he mounts the difficult mounting.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.13

jāgato vā eṣa ya eṣa tapati /

He who burns here is connected with the Jagatī;

gives heat is connected with the Jagatī, the difficult mounting is the sacrificers; verily thus the sacrificers mount him. By Padas he mounts first; thus they obtain this world; by half verses for the second time; thus they obtain the world of the atmosphere; by three Padas for the third time; thus they obtain yonder world; the entrance is by performance as one unit; then by three Padas, by half verses, by Padas (he descends); thus he rests in this world, on a support immovable. This difficult mounting verse being recited together makes up seven. These are thirty-eight in all. ‘For his full oblations’, (these) are six (verses) in Jagatī, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Indra it waiteth on as the sun on the dawn’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-four. ‘The bird anointed by the craft of the Asura’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘This radiant sun-like prayer’. These are forty-seven. With the concluding verse thrice repeated, ‘Lead us to a wide space, wise one’, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘The heaven, the light, freedom from danger’, they make up fifty. Those preceding are fifty-one; they make up a hundred and one verses; man has a hundred (years of life), a hundred forms, a hundred strengths, a hundred powers; the hundred and first verse over is the world of the sacrificer; thus here they make ready the sacrificers; thus here having made ready the sacrificers at the beginning, he propagates them with the Mahāvrata day. So the total as made up by Paiṅgya.

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here

25.6.14

yajamānā dūrohaṇaḥ /

the difficult mounting belongs to the sacrificers.

25.6.15

etam eva tad yajamānā rohanti / (soma: viṣuvat)

Thereby the sacrificers mount him.

25.6.19

tad antarikṣa lokam āpnuvanti /

Thereby they obtain the atmosphere world.

25.6.20

tri pacchas tṛtīyam /

Three times by padas is the third;

25.6.21

tad amuṃl lokam āpnuvanti /

thereby they obtain that yonder world.

25.6.22

kevalīm sa āveśaḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

Entire, it is the entrance.

25.6.23

tripaccho ardharcaśaḥ pacchaḥ /

Three times by padas, by half-verses, by padas;

25.6.24

tad asmiṃl loke pratitiṣṭhanti /

thereby they become established in this world,

25.6.25

pratiṣṭhāyām apracyutyām / (soma: viṣuvat)

in a firm establishment without falling away.