Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.12

26.12.1

ā vāyo bhūṣa śucipā upa na iti vāyavyam ca aindrāvāyavam ca /

‘Come, O Vāyu, drink the clear, come to us’ is for Vāyu and for Indra and Vāyu.

26.12.2

āgata iti gatavat / (soma: chandomāh)

‘Come’ contains a word of going.

26.12.3

tad anta rūpam /

That is the characteristic of the end.

26.12.4

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.5

aiti iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: chandomāh)

Having gone to the end, one indeed moves as it were;

26.12.6

kadryan hi tata iyāt /

whither indeed should one go from there?

26.12.7

pra sotā jīro adhvareṣv asthād iti sthitavat /

‘The quick presser has stood forth at the rites’ contains a word of standing.

26.12.8

tad anta rūpam / (soma: chandomāh)

That is the characteristic of the end.

26.12.9

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.10

tiṣṭhati iva vā antam gatvā /

Having gone to the end, one indeed stands still as it were;

26.12.11

kadryan hi tata iyāt /

whither indeed should one go from there?

26.12.12

divi kṣayantā rajasaḥ pṛthivyām iti maitrāvaruṇam / (soma: chandomāh)

‘Dwelling in the sky, in the realm of earth’ is the hymn for Mitra and Varuṇa.

26.12.13

kṣayanta iti kṣitivat /

‘Dwelling’ contains a word of dwelling.

26.12.14

tad anta rūpam /

That is the characteristic of the end.

26.12.15

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.16

kṣiyati iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: chandomāh)

Having gone to the end, one indeed dwells as it were;

26.12.17

kadryan hi tata iyāt /

whither indeed should one go from there?

26.12.18

ā viśva vārā aśvinā gatam na ity āśvinam / (soma: chandomāh)

‘O Aśvins, possessing all boons, come to us’ is the hymn for the Aśvins.

26.12.19

pra tat sthānam avāci vām pṛthivyām iti sthitavat /

"Forth that station has been proclaimed for you two on earth" contains [the idea of] standing firm.

26.12.20

tad anta rūpam /

That is a characteristic of the end.

26.12.21

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.22

tiṣṭhati iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: chandomāh)

Having reached the end, one stands still, as it were.

26.12.23

kadryan hi tata iyāt /

For whither would one go from there?

26.12.24

indram naro nemadhitā havanta ity aindram /

"Indra men invoke in the contest" is [the second tṛca] to Indra.

26.12.25

yat pāryā yunajate dhiyas tā iti pāryāḥ para ardhyāḥ / (soma: chandomāh)

"When he yokes those thoughts that are decisive"—"decisive" (pāryāḥ) means "supreme" (parārdhyāḥ).

26.12.26

tad anta rūpam /

That is a characteristic of the end.

26.12.27

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.28

ante antam dadhāti /

He places the end at the end.

26.12.29

ūrdhvo agniḥ sumatim vasvo aśred iti vaiśvadevam /

"Upward Agni has leaned toward the favor of the Vasu" is [the tṛca] to the Viśve Devas.

26.12.30

aśred iti śritavat / (soma: chandomāh)

"Has leaned" (aśred) contains [the idea of] leaning.

26.12.31

tad anta rūpam /

That is a characteristic of the end.

26.12.32

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.33

śriyati iva vā antam gatvā /

Having reached the end, one leans, as it were.

26.12.34

kadryan hi tata iyāt / (soma: chandomāh)

For whither would one go from there?

26.12.35

pra kṣodasā dhāyasā sasra eṣa iti sārasvatam /

"With her current, nourishing, she flowed forth" is [the tṛca] to Sarasvatī.

26.12.36

prabābadhāna iti ninartiḥ / (soma: chandomāh)

"Pressing hard" implies dancing downward.

26.12.37

anto navamam ahaḥ /

The ninth day is the end.

26.12.38

nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati /

Having reached the end, one dances downward, as it were.

26.12.39

kadryan hi tata iyāt / (soma: chandomāh)

For whither would one go from there?

26.12.40

ete vā u vāsiṣṭhās tṛca ṛklptās traiṣṭubhāḥ praugāḥ /

These indeed are the Praugas composed by Vasiṣṭha, arranged in tṛcas, in the Triṣṭubh metre.

26.12.41

prajāpatir vai vasiṣṭhaḥ / (soma: chandomāh)

Vasiṣṭha is Prajāpati.

26.12.42

sa tantā yajñasya /

He is the stretcher of the sacrifice.

26.12.43

sa punas tatāv ayāta yāmā bhavati / (soma: chandomāh)

He, stretched out again, becomes unexhausted.

the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation.

26.12.44

prajāpatāv eva tat sarvān kāmān ṛdhnuvanti /

Thereby they obtain all desires in Prajāpati.

the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation.

26.12.45

bṛhat pṛṣṭham śastram /

The Bṛhat is the Pṛṣṭha-recitation.

the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation.

26.12.46

tan mithunam prajātyai rūpam / (soma: chandomāh)

That is a pair, a form for procreation.

the sacrifice; he is renewed at the repeated extension of the sacrifice; verily in Prajāpati they attain all their desires. The Pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat, the Çastra connected with the Rathantara; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation.