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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.8

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 29.8

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Sanskrit

29.8.1

stoma atiśaṃsam prātaḥ savaneṣu śastvā ahīna sūktāni madhyaṃdineṣu śaṃsanti caturviṃśe abhijit viṣuvati bṛhat pṛṣṭhe viśvajiti mahāvratīye ahan / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

Having recited beyond the stoma at the morning pressings, they recite ahīna hymns at the midday [pressings] on the twenty-fourth [day], the Abhijit, the Viṣuvant, the Bṛhat-pṛṣṭha, the Viśvajit, and the Mahāvrata day.

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29.8.2

ahīno hy etāny ahāni /

For these days are ahīna [days].

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29.8.3

tad yad ahīna sūktāni madhyaṃdineṣu śaṃsanti /

As to why they recite ahīna hymns at the midday [pressings]:

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29.8.4

parāñcīni vā etāny ahāny abhyāvartīni / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

these days indeed depart, turning away,

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29.8.5

na it pāñco agāma iti /

[and they recite them thinking:] 'Lest we depart away.'

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29.8.6

ahīna sūktāni śastvā aikāhikībhiḥ paridadhati /

Having recited the ahīna hymns, they conclude with [verses] belonging to the one-day rite.

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29.8.7

pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

The one-day rite is indeed a firm foundation; [it is] just for firm foundation.

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29.8.10

pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ /

Cattle are fivefold;

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29.8.11

paśūnām eva āptyai /

[it is] just for the attainment of cattle.

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29.8.12

catvāri catvāri sūktāni brāhmaṇācchaṃsī ca acchāvākaś ca śaṃsataḥ sarveṣu chandomeṣu / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

Both the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin and the Acchāvāka recite four hymns each on all the Chandoma [days].

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29.8.13

paśavo vai chandomāḥ /

The Chandomas are indeed cattle.

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29.8.14

catuṣṭayā vai paśavaḥ /

Cattle are fourfold,

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29.8.15

atho catuṣpādāḥ paśūnām eva āptyai /

and four-footed; [it is] just for the attainment of cattle.

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29.8.16

pañca āhāvāni śastrāṇi /

The recitations have five calls.

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29.8.17

paśavo vā ukthāni /

The ukthas are indeed cattle;

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29.8.18

pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

cattle are fivefold;

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29.8.19

paśūnām eva āptyai /

[it is] just for the attainment of cattle.

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29.8.20

aikāhikā ukthya yājyāḥ /

The offering verses for the ukthya belong to the one-day rite.

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29.8.21

pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva /

The one-day rite is indeed a firm foundation; [it is] just for firm foundation.

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29.8.22

anuvaṣaṭ kurvanty āhutīnām eva śāntyai / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

They pronounce the secondary vaṣaṭ-call just for the appeasement of the oblations,

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29.8.23

āhutīnām pratiṣṭhityā āhutīnām pratiṣṭhityai / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam))

for the firm foundation of the oblations, for the firm foundation of the oblations.

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