Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.12

3.12.1

somam prathamam yajati /

He sacrifices to Soma first;

3.12.2

retas tat siñcati /

thereby he pours seed.

3.12.3

tvaṣṭāram dvitīyam /

To Tvaṣṭṛ second;

3.12.4

tvaṣṭā vai retaḥ ṣiktam vikaroti /

Tvaṣṭṛ indeed transforms the poured seed.

3.12.5

tataḥ patnyaḥ / (DpM)

Then the wives;

3.12.6

patnī samyājā hy ete /

for these are the Patnīsamyājas.

3.12.7

atha yad agnim gṛhapatim antato yajati /

Now, as to why he sacrifices to Agni Gṛhapati at the end;

3.12.8

etat sviṣṭakṛto vai patnyaḥ / (DpM)

this [Agni Gṛhapati] is the Sviṣṭakṛt of the wives;

3.12.9

tasmād enam antato yajati /

therefore he sacrifices to him at the end.

3.12.10

atha ya apa upaspṛśati tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (DpM)

Now, as to his touching water, the explanation thereof has been stated.

3.12.11

atha yad ṛcam japati svastyayanam eva tat kurute / (DpM)

Now, when he mutters a verse, he makes a prayer for well-being.

3.12.12

atha yad ilām upahvayate yan mārjayate yat śamyor vākam āha tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (DpM)

Now, as to his invoking the iḍā, cleansing himself, and reciting the Śaṃyorvāka, the explanation thereof has been stated.

3.12.13

atha yad vede patnīm vācayati /

Now, as to his making the wife recite over the veda;

3.12.14

vṛṣā vai vedaḥ /

the veda is male,

3.12.15

yoṣā patnī / (DpM)

the wife is female.

3.12.16

mithunam eva tat patnīṣu dadhāti /

Thus he places a pair in the wives.

3.12.17

tasmāt patnī veda tṛṇāny antara ūrū kurute / (DpM)

Therefore the wife puts blades of grass from the veda between her thighs.

3.12.18

atha yad vedam stṛṇāti /

Now when he strews the veda,

3.12.19

tena ha asya darśa pūrṇa māsau saṃtatau bhavataḥ / (DpM)

thereby his New and Full Moon sacrifices become continuous.

3.12.20

atho etena eva asya agnihotram stīrṇa barhir bhavati /

And also thereby his agnihotra has its barhis strewn.

3.12.21

atha yad veda atiśeṣam upatiṣṭhate / (DpM)

Now when he attends upon the remainder of the veda,

3.12.22

āśiṣam eva tad vadate /

he thereby speaks a benediction.

3.12.23

atha yad āhavanīyam upatiṣṭhate /

Now when he attends upon the Āhavanīya,

3.12.24

prītvā eva tad deveṣv antato artham vadate /

having pleased [the gods], he thereby speaks his purpose finally among the gods.

the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced.

3.12.25

atha yad apa upaspṛśati /

Now when he touches water,

the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced.

3.12.26

śāntir vai bheṣajam āpaḥ /

water is indeed peace and medicine.

the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced.

3.12.27

śāntir eva eṣā bheṣajam antato yajñe kriyate antato yajñe kriyate / (DpM)

Peace and medicine are thus made at the end of the sacrifice, at the end of the sacrifice.

the end his purpose to the gods; in that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced.