Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.4

3.4.1

tena hi sampadya mahimānam gacchati /

for by uniting with him he attains greatness.

3.4.2

yad v eva vācā anvāha vācā yajati /

Moreover, because he recites with speech, he sacrifices with speech;

3.4.3

tena u ha eva asya svo mahimā iṣṭo bhavati / (DpM)

thereby indeed his own greatness is sacrificed to.

3.4.4

ā ca vaha jātavedaḥ suyujā ca yaja ity āha /

He says: “Bring hither, O Jātavedas, and sacrifice with well-yoked [steeds]!”

3.4.5

āvaha ca jātavedo devānt sayujā ca devatā yaja ity eva enam tad āha / (DpM)

He thereby says to him: “Bring hither the gods, O Jātavedas, and sacrifice to the deities with [thy] companions!”

3.4.6

atha yat parastāt sāmidhenīnām japati /

Now, that he mutters after the kindling verses:

3.4.7

vajro vai sāmidhenyaḥ /

the kindling verses are a vajra;

3.4.8

tam eva etat śamayati purastāc ca upariṣṭāc ca /

that [vajra] he thus appeases both beforehand and afterward.

3.4.9

atha yat srug ādāpanena srucāv ādāpayati / (DpM)

Now, that he causes the two ladles to be taken up by the call to take up the ladles:

3.4.10

deva ratham eva tad yunakti devebhyo haviḥ pradāsyan /

he thereby yokes a chariot of the gods, being about to offer the oblation to the gods.

3.4.11

sa etena deva rathena svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute /

By this chariot of the gods, he safely reaches the heavenly world.

3.4.12

prayājān yajati /

He offers the fore-offerings.

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.13

ṛtavo vai prayājāḥ /

The fore-offerings are the seasons;

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.14

ṛtūn eva tat prīṇāti / (DpM)

he thereby pleases the seasons.

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.15

te vai pañca bhavanti /

They are five;

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.16

tair yat kiṃca pañca vidham adhidaivatam adhyātmam tat sarvam āpnoti / (DpM)

through them he obtains whatever is fivefold with respect to the deities and with respect to the self.

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.17

samidho yajati vasantam eva /

He sacrifices to the kindling sticks: [that is] the spring;

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.18

vasante vā iḍam sarvam samidyate /

for in the spring all this is kindled.

iii. 4. He offers the fore-offerings. The fore-offerings are the seasons; verily thus he delights the seasons. They are five; with them he obtains whatever there is fivefold pertaining to the self or to the gods. He offers to the kindling sticks; verily (thus he delights) the spring; in the spring all

3.4.19

tanūnapātam yajati gīṣmam eva / (DpM)

He sacrifices to Tanūnapāt: [that is] the summer;

this is kindled. He offers to Tanūnapāt; verily (thus he delights) the hot season, for the hot season heats the body. He offers to the sacrificial food; verily (thus he delights) the rains, for through the rains sacrificial food arises. He offers to the strew; verily (thus he delights) the autumn, for in the autumn the plants on the strew grow best. He offers at the end to the making of Hail!; verily (thus he delights) the winter, for in the winter over all this is Hail! made. They say 'Seeing that there are five fore-offerings and six seasons, where does he offer to the sixth season?' In that in the fourth fore-offering he mingles (the butter), thus he gives it a share in the others. Again, in that in the last fore-offering he mixes together the gods, he makes them sharers in the fore-offerings. Just as Agni has a share in all oblations, so he makes the deities sharers in the share of Agni. He does not say here 'Agni from the Hotṛ's office' (thinking), 'The fore-offerings are cattle; the Sviṣṭakṛt is Rudra; let me not bring the cattle of the sacrifice into contact with Rudra.' Some say 'Hail! May the gods, drinking the butter, rejoicing, O Agni, enjoy this butter.' He should not so do. The butter is one half of the sacrifice, the oblation is the other half; if he were to say one only of these, then one half of the sacrifice would have an accompaniment, the other half not. Therefore he should say 'Hail! May the gods, drinking the butter, rejoicing, O Agni, enjoy this butter, this oblation.'

3.4.20

grīṣme hi tanvam tapati /

for in the summer he burns the body (tanū).

3.4.21

iḍo yajati varṣā eva /

He sacrifices to the Iḍās: [that is] the rains;

3.4.22

varṣābhir hi īḍitam anna adyam uttiṣṭhati / (DpM)

for through the rains lauded food arises.

3.4.23

barhir yajati śaradam eva /

He sacrifices to the sacrificial grass: [that is] autumn.

3.4.24

śaradi hi barhiṣṭhā oṣadhayo bhavanti /

For in autumn plants are abundant like sacrificial grass.

3.4.25

svāhā kṛtim antam yajati hemantam eva / (DpM)

He sacrifices to the svāhā-call at the end: [that is] winter.

3.4.26

hemante vā idam sarvam svāhā kṛtam /

For in winter all this is offered with 'svāhā'.

3.4.27

tad āhur yat pañca prayājāḥ ṣaḍ ṛtavaḥ kvaitam ṣaṣṭham ṛtum yajati iti /

As to this they say: 'Since there are five fore-offerings and six seasons, where does he sacrifice to this sixth season?'

3.4.28

yad eva caturthe prayāje samānayati tad enam itareṣv anuvibhajati / (DpM)

In that he combines [the butter] at the fourth fore-offering, he thereby distributes it among the others.