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'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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.4) tad etasya ahno rūpam / > That is the characteristic mark of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.5) sarva hareś catasro abhyudaiti / (soma: viṣuvat) > He continues beyond the four \[verses\] of the hymn addressed to the bay horses \[“pra te mahe”\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.6) ā satyo yātu maghavān ṛjīṣī ity ekaviṃśatiḥ / > “May the true, the generous, the drinker of soma dregs come” is twenty-one \[verses\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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…”. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.8) tāḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ / > These make twenty-five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.9) viśvajite dhanajite svar jita iti ṣaḍ jagatyaḥ / (soma: viṣuvat) > “To the all-conquering, wealth-winning, sun-winning” are six Jagatī verses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.10) indrāya somam yajatāya haryatam ity etena rūpeṇa / > by virtue of this characteristic mark: “For Indra, the worshipful, the desirable soma…”. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.11) tā ekatriṃśat / > These make thirty-one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.12) tāsu jagatīṣu dūrohaṇam rohati / (soma: viṣuvat) > On those Jagatī verses he mounts the difficult mounting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.13) jāgato vā eṣa ya eṣa tapati / > He who burns here is connected with the Jagatī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > 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 > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [25.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.14) yajamānā dūrohaṇaḥ / > the difficult mounting belongs to the sacrificers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.15) etam eva tad yajamānā rohanti / (soma: viṣuvat) > Thereby the sacrificers mount him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.19) tad antarikṣa lokam āpnuvanti / > Thereby they obtain the atmosphere world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.20) tri pacchas tṛtīyam / > Three times by padas is the third; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.21) tad amuṃl lokam āpnuvanti / > thereby they obtain that yonder world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.22) kevalīm sa āveśaḥ / (soma: viṣuvat) > Entire, it is the entrance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.23) tripaccho ardharcaśaḥ pacchaḥ / > Three times by padas, by half-verses, by padas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.24) tad asmiṃl loke pratitiṣṭhanti / > thereby they become established in this world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6.25) pratiṣṭhāyām apracyutyām / (soma: viṣuvat) > in a firm establishment without falling away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.25.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.25.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.2.21.1) — Sanskrit - [Śaunakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*saunaka.20.77.1) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.18.9.6) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.5.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.6) · Pramāṇa