Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.4
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 27.4
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27.4.1
kayā naś citra ā bhuvat kayā tvam na ūtyā iti vāmadevyasya yonau rathantaram ūḍham bhavaty āgneyam sāma aidrīṣu /
With "By what wondrous help will he be present to us…", "By what help of yours…", the Rathantara [sāman] is carried on the womb of the Vāmadevya [sāman], an Agni-chant upon verses addressed to Indra.
27.4.2
tan mithunam prajātyai rūpam / (soma: daśamam ahah)
That is a pair, a form for procreation.
27.4.3
yāvantaḥ pragāthās tāvanty auṣṇihāni tṛcāni /
As many pragāthas as there are, so many are the Uṣṇih triplets.
27.4.4
dhāyyām anyā dvipadā bhajate /
One dvipadā verse shares in the dhāyyā inserted verse;
27.4.5
saptadaśīm anyā sūktasya /
the other [shares in] the seventeenth [verse] of the hymn.
27.4.6
tat sampannam /
Thus it has corresponded.
27.4.7
aikāhikam niṣkevalyam / (soma: daśamam ahah)
The Niṣkevalya [recitation] belongs to the one-day rite.
27.4.8
pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhā daśamam ahaḥ /
The one-day rite is a firm foundation; the tenth day is a firm foundation.
27.4.9
pratiṣṭhānīyam vai chando dvipade pratiṣṭhityā eva /
The metre of dvipadā verses is indeed foundational, solely for a firm foundation.
27.4.10
abhi tyam devam savitāram oṇyoḥ kavi kratum ity aticchandasā vaiśvadevam pratipadyate / (soma: daśamam ahah)
With the aticchandas verse, "Towards that god Savitṛ, within the two bowls, of wise insight…," he begins the Vaiśvadeva [recitation].
27.4.11
sā sampannā catuḥ ṣaṣṭy akṣarā /
It, when made to correspond, has sixty-four syllables.
27.4.12
te dve anuṣṭubhau sampadete / (soma: daśamam ahah)
They amount to two Anuṣṭubhs.
27.4.13
tat sampannam /
Thus it has corresponded.
27.4.14
abhivān anucaras tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /
The anucara verse contains [the word] "abhi"; its Brāhmaṇa explanation has been stated.
27.4.15
atha nityam eva aikāhikam tṛtīya savanam / (soma: daśamam ahah)
Now the third pressing belongs regularly to the one-day rite.
27.4.16
pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva /
The one-day rite is a firm foundation, solely for a firm foundation.
27.4.17
tatra purastād ānobhadrīyasya praśukrīyam śaṃsati / (soma: daśamam ahah)
There, before the hymn "ānobhadrāḥ…", he recites the Praśukrīya hymn.
27.4.18
pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhā daśamam ahaḥ /
The one-day rite is a firm foundation; the tenth day is a firm foundation.
27.4.19
pratiṣṭhānīyam vai chando dvipadāḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: daśamam ahah)
Dvipadā verses are indeed a foundational metre, solely for a firm foundation.
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