Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.5

29.5.1

atha etān śilpāni madhyame tryahe śasyante /

Then these ornate compositions (śilpas) are recited in the middle three-day period.

xxix. 5. Then the Çilpas are recited in the middle three days, for the

29.5.2

śilpavān hy eṣa madhyamas tryaho bhavati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

For this middle three-day period is ornate (śilpavant).

xxix. 5. Then the Çilpas are recited in the middle three days, for the

29.5.3

virājaś ca vaimadyaś ca caturthe ahan /

Virāj verses and Vaimadya verses [are recited] on the fourth day.

middle (set of) three days contains the Çilpas. Virāj verses and verses by Vimada (are used) on the first day, for the fourth day is connected with the Virāj. Paṅkti and great Paṅkti verses (are used) on the fifth day, for the fifth day is connected with the Paṅkti. Atichandas verses (are used) on the sixth day, for the sixth day is connected with the Atichandas. Moreover that which is performed without the Bṛhatī is not a Pṛṣṭha; the Pṛṣṭhas here fall away from the Bṛhatī; verily thus day by day they continue finding support in the Çilpas. Moreover the middle (set of) three days is the atmosphere; the atmosphere is without base or support; verily thus day by day they continue finding support in the Çilpas. They are triplets; the Çilpa is threefold, dancing, music, and singing. Verily thus day by day they continue finding support in them. 'Praise nought else' and 'Let us not fear, let us not be troubled' is the Pṛṣṭha for the Maitrāvaruṇa on the tenth day by Medhātithi, for his Pṛṣṭha is not performed on Bṛhatī verses before the tenth day; prosperity is solitary; the Bṛhatī is prosperity; verily thus at the end he finds support in prosperity. Having recited (verses) of two Padas, they recite (the hymn) of the one day (rite); the one day (rite) is a support; the tenth day is a support; (the verses) of two Padas are the metre in which support can be found; verily (they serve) for support.

29.5.4

vairājam hi caturtham ahaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

For the fourth day is related to the Virāj.

29.5.5

paṅktayaś ca mahā paṅktayaś ca pañcame ahan /

Paṅkti verses and Mahāpaṅkti verses [are recited] on the fifth day.

29.5.6

pāṅktam hi pañcamam ahaḥ /

For the fifth day is related to the Paṅkti.

29.5.7

aticchandasaḥ ṣaṣṭhe ahan / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

Hypermetric verses (aticchandas) [are recited] on the sixth day.

29.5.8

āticchandasam hi ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ /

For the sixth day is hypermetric.

29.5.9

atho apṛṣṭham vā u tad yad anyatra bṛhatyai kriyate /

Moreover, that which is performed elsewhere than on the Bṛhatī is without a pṛṣṭha-stotra.

29.5.10

cyavanta u vā atra bṛhatyai pṛṣṭhāni / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

And here the pṛṣṭha-sāmans deviate from the Bṛhatī.

29.5.11

śilpeṣv eva tad ahar ahaḥ pratitiṣṭhanto yanti /

Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in the ornate compositions.

29.5.12

atho antarikṣam vā eṣa madhyamas tryahaḥ /

Moreover, this middle three-day period is the intermediate space (antarikṣa).

29.5.13

anārambhaṇam vā idam antarikṣam apratiṣṭhānam / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

This intermediate space is without support, without a firm foundation.

29.5.14

śilpeṣv eva tad ahar ahaḥ pratitiṣṭhanto yanti /

Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in the ornate compositions.

29.5.15

tāni vai tṛcāni bhavanti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

They are indeed triplets (tṛcas).

29.5.16

trivṛd vai śilpam nṛttam gītam vāditam iti /

Art indeed is threefold: dance, song, and instrumental music.

29.5.17

teṣv eva tad ahar ahaḥ pratitiṣṭhanto yanti /

Day after day, they proceed establishing themselves firmly in them.

29.5.18

mā cid anyad vi śaṃsata mā bhema mā śramiṣma iti maithātham maitrāvaruṇasya daśame ahan bṛhatīṣu pṛṣṭham bhavati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

On the tenth day, the Medhātithi hymn on Bṛhatī verses, [beginning] "Do not recite anything else" [and] "Let us not fear, let us not grow weary," is the pṛṣṭha-stotra of the Maitrāvaruṇa.

29.5.19

na hi tasya prāg daśamād ahno bṛhatīṣu pṛṣṭham bhavati /

For prior to the tenth day, his pṛṣṭha-stotra is not on Bṛhatī verses.

29.5.20

ekasthā vai śrīḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

Prosperity rests on one single thing.

29.5.21

śrīr vai bṛhatī /

The Bṛhatī is indeed prosperity.

29.5.22

śriyām eva tad antataḥ pratitiṣṭhante yanti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

Thereby, at the end, they proceed establishing themselves in prosperity.