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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.1.3

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 29.1.3

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Sanskrit

29.1.3

ekā vai va iyam hotrā na kriyate grāva stotriyā /

xxix. 1. When the gods at Sarvacaru performed the sacrifice, Arbuda Kādraveya came up to them at the midday (pressing) and said to them, 'One Hotṛ's office is not being performed for you, that of the Grāvastut; let me perform it for you, do ye invite me.' They said 'So be it'; they invited him; he saw these appropriate (verses) of the Grāvastut, namely, 'Let them call forth; let us call forth,' when they call forth, for they call forth indeed; then when (they say) 'mightily mightily' (the verse containing 'mightily' is used), 'They speak out mightily with the strong exhilarating (drink)'; 'Set free the thought of him that hath pressed' (is the verse) when they set free. They are fourteen; the fingers are ten, the pressing stones are four; they make up this (number). They are Jagatī verses; the stones are connected with the Jagatī. In that he concludes

Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

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