Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.1

28.1.1

prajāpatir hi yajñam sasṛje /

For Prajāpati created the sacrifice.

xxviii. 1. Prajāpati created the sacrifice; with it when created the gods sacrificed; having sacrificed with it they obtained all desires. One half of it they deposited, namely the Praiṣas and the Nigadas. With the other (half of the) sacrifice the Ṛṣis sacrificed; they observed 'With an incomplete sacrifice are we sacrificing; we do not obtain all desires.' They toiled; they saw the Praiṣas and Nigadas. Having sacrificed with the sacrifice with the Praiṣas and Nigadas they obtained all desires, (thinking) 'The Praiṣas and the Nigadas are so much of the sacrifice as is not made up by the Ṛc verses. Thus with them shall we make up the whole.' These Praiṣas and Anupraiṣas Viçvāmitra saw, and also the Praiṣas for the cake offering; then other Ṛṣis (saw) others. As to this they say 'Why does the Maitrāvaruṇa alone give directions to all?' The deities ran a race regarding the Praiṣas; the race Mitra and Varuṇa won; therefore the Maitrāvaruṇa alone gives directions to all. He gives directions standing, (thinking) 'Standing is one strongest, standing also is one most easily heard; let me utter speech full of strength and resorting to the gods'.

28.1.2

tena ha sṛṣṭena devā ījire /

With that [sacrifice] created, the gods sacrificed.

28.1.3

tena ha iṣṭvā sarvān kāmān āpuḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi. (soma: prātaḥ savanam))

Having sacrificed with it, they obtained all desires.

28.1.4

tasya hetor ārdhyam apanidadhuḥ /

For its sake, they laid aside the success-bringing [portion],

28.1.5

ya ete praiṣāś ca nigadāś ca / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam))

namely, these ritual calls and nigadas.

28.1.6

atha itareṇa yajñena ṛṣaya ījire /

Then the seers sacrificed with the rest of the sacrifice.

28.1.7

te ha vijajñuḥ /

They realized:

28.1.8

asarveṇa ha vai yajñena yajāmahai na vai sarvān kāmān āpnuma iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam))

"Indeed, we are sacrificing with an incomplete sacrifice; we do not attain all desires."

28.1.9

te ha śremuḥ /

They toiled.

28.1.10

ta ete praiṣāṃś ca nigadāṃś ca dadṛśuḥ /

They saw these ritual calls and nigadas.

28.1.11

tena ha sapraiṣeṇa sanigadena iṣṭvā sarvān kāmān āpuḥ / (hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam))

Having sacrificed with that [sacrifice] accompanied by ritual calls and accompanied by nigadas, they obtained all desires.

28.1.12

etāvate ha vā u praiṣāś ca nigadāś ca /

Indeed, for this purpose are the ritual calls and nigadas:

28.1.13

yad ṛgbhir yajñasya anāptam tad ebhiḥ sarvam āpsyāma iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam))

"Whatever of the sacrifice was not attained through the ṛc-verses, all that we shall attain through these."