Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.7
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.7
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26.7.1
antarikṣa loko dvitīyaḥ /
the intermediate world is the second;
26.7.2
asau lokaḥ uttamaḥ /
yonder world is the highest.
26.7.3
tasmān mahadvanti madhyame ahant sūktāni śasyante /
Therefore hymns containing 'mahat' are recited on the middle day.
26.7.4
mahadd hi idam antarikṣam / (soma: chandomāh)
For this intermediate space is great.
26.7.5
atho abhyārabdhavanti syuḥ /
Moreover, they should contain [the idea of] taking hold.
26.7.6
param eva etad ahar abhivadati /
This directly expresses the next day.
26.7.7
param eva etad ahar abhyārabhya vasanti iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / (soma: chandomāh)
"Taking hold of the next day, they dwell," Kauṣītaki used to say.
26.7.8
agniḥ vo devam agnibhiḥ sajoṣā ity ājyam /
"Agni, your god, in harmony with the fires" is the Ājya [śastra].
26.7.9
yadā mahaḥ saṃvaraṇād vyasthād iti mahadvat sad abhyārabdhavat / (soma: chandomāh)
"When from the great enclosure he stood forth"—being [a verse] containing "great" (mahadvat), it contains [the idea of] taking hold.
26.7.10
traiṣṭubhaḥ praugaḥ /
The Prauga is in the Triṣṭubh metre.
26.7.11
kuvid aṅga namasā ye vṛdhāsa iti vāyavyam vṛddhavat / (soma: chandomāh)
"Surely, indeed, with reverence those who are augmented" is the [tṛca] to Vāyu containing [the idea of] increase.
26.7.12
mahadvadd hy etad ahaḥ /
For this day contains "great".
26.7.13
ata eva uttaram tṛcam aindra vāyavam yāvat taras tanvo yāvad oja iti / (soma: chandomāh)
From the same [hymn] is the next tṛca to Indra and Vāyu: "As much as the speed of the body, as much as the strength."
26.7.14
yāvan naraś cakṣasā dīdhyānā ity abhyārabdhavat /
"As much as men beholding with the eye" contains [the idea of] taking hold.
26.7.15
prati vām sūra udite sūktair iti maitrāvaruṇam / (soma: chandomāh)
"Unto you two, when the sun has risen, with hymns" is [the tṛca] to Mitra and Varuṇa.
26.7.16
mitram huve varuṇam pūta dakṣam ity abhyārabdhavat /
"I call Mitra, Varuṇa of purified strength" contains [the idea of] taking hold.
26.7.17
apa svasur uṣaso nag jihīta ity āśvinam / (soma: chandomāh)
"From her sister, the dawn, the night departs" is [the tṛca] to the Aśvins.
26.7.18
aśvā maghā go maghā vām huvema ity abhyārabdhavat /
"Bountiful in horses, bountiful in cattle, may we call upon you two" contains [the idea of] taking hold.
26.7.19
ayam soma indra tubhyam sunva ity aindram / (soma: chandomāh)
"This soma for you, O Indra, being pressed" is [the tṛca] to Indra.
26.7.20
brahman vīra brahma kṛtim juṣāṇa ity abhyārabdhavat /
"O heroic priest, taking pleasure in the formulation of sacred speech" contains [the word] "taken hold of".
26.7.21
pra brahmāṇo aṅgiraso nakṣanta iti vaiśvadevam /
"The priest-Angirases have attained [it]" is addressed to the All-gods.
26.7.22
pra krandanur nabhanyasya vetv ity abhyārabdhavat / (soma: chandomāh)
"May the neighing of the cloud-born [steed] speed forth" contains [the word] "taken hold of".
26.7.23
uta syā naḥ sarasvatī juṣāṇa iti sārasvatam /
"And may that Sarasvatī, being pleased with us" is addressed to Sarasvatī.
26.7.24
vardha śubhre stuvate rāsi vājān iti vṛddhavat / (soma: chandomāh)
"Grow, radiant one, give wealth to the praiser" contains [forms of the root] vṛdh-.
26.7.25
mahadvadd hy etad ahaḥ /
For this day contains [forms of the word] mahat-.
26.7.26
rāthantaram pṛṣṭham bārhatam śastram /
The pṛṣṭha-sāman is based on the Rathantara; the recitation is based on the Bṛhat.
26.7.27
tan mithunam prjātyai rūpam / (soma: chandomāh)
That is a pair, a form for procreation.
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