Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.3

30.3.1

dvipadāsu ṣaṣṭhe ahan praṇayanti sarveṣām /

On the sixth day, they bring forward [verses] in Dvipadā for all [of them].

30.3.2

dvaipadam hi ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ /

For the sixth day belongs to the Dvipadā.

30.3.3

atho gūrdam bhadram udvaṃśa putram iti sāmāni kurvanti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Moreover, they perform the sāmans: Gūrda, Bhadra, and Udvaṃśaputra.

30.3.4

atho dvipadā sahacarāṇi vai śilpāni bhavanti /

Moreover, the crafts (śilpa) accompany the Dvipadā.

30.3.5

tasmāt śilpāni śasyante / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Therefore the crafts are recited,

30.3.6

na it śilpebhyo agāma iti /

lest [they think]: 'We have deviated from the crafts.'

30.3.7

nābhānediṣṭhena atra hotā retaḥ sicati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Here the hotṛ pours seed by means of the Nābhānediṣṭha [hymn].

xxx. 4. With the Nābhānediṣṭha the Hotṛ sprinkles seed; it he hands to the Maitrāvaruṇa; it he develops with the Vālakhilyās; these Vālakhilyās he recites as divided; by Padas the first two hymns he divides; verily thus

30.3.8

tan maitrāvaruṇāaya prayacchati /

He hands it over to the Maitrāvaruṇa.

xxx. 4. With the Nābhānediṣṭha the Hotṛ sprinkles seed; it he hands to the Maitrāvaruṇa; it he develops with the Vālakhilyās; these Vālakhilyās he recites as divided; by Padas the first two hymns he divides; verily thus

30.3.9

tat sa vālakhilyābhir vikaroti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

He modifies it with the Vālakhilyās.

xxx. 4. With the Nābhānediṣṭha the Hotṛ sprinkles seed; it he hands to the Maitrāvaruṇa; it he develops with the Vālakhilyās; these Vālakhilyās he recites as divided; by Padas the first two hymns he divides; verily thus

30.3.10

atha etā vālakhilyā vihṛtāḥ śaṃsati /

Then he recites these Vālakhilyās interwoven.

xxx. 4. With the Nābhānediṣṭha the Hotṛ sprinkles seed; it he hands to the Maitrāvaruṇa; it he develops with the Vālakhilyās; these Vālakhilyās he recites as divided; by Padas the first two hymns he divides; verily thus

30.3.11

pacchaḥ prthame sūkte viharati /

In the first two hymns he interweaves [them] quarter-verse by quarter-verse.

xxx. 4. With the Nābhānediṣṭha the Hotṛ sprinkles seed; it he hands to the Maitrāvaruṇa; it he develops with the Vālakhilyās; these Vālakhilyās he recites as divided; by Padas the first two hymns he divides; verily thus

30.3.12

parvaśa eva enam tt sambharati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Joint by joint he thus gathers it together.

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.13

ardharcaśo dvitīye /

Half-verse by half-verse in the second [pair].

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.14

dve vai puruṣaḥ kapale /

Man has indeed two halves of the skull.

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.15

te eva tat saṃdadhāti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Them he thus unites.

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.16

ṛcam ṛcam tṛtīye /

Verse by verse in the third [pair].

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.17

kṛtsnam eva enam tat sambharati /

Whole he thus gathers him together.

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.18

viparyasyen nārāśaṃse / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

He should transpose the two Nārāśaṃsa [verses].

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.19

tasmād viparyastā garbhā jāyante /

Therefore embryos are born inverted.

by joints he gathers him together; by half verses the second two; man consists of two portions; verily thus he unites them; verse by verse the third two hymns; verily thus he gathers him whole; he should invert in the Nārāçaṁsa ; therefore foetuses are born inverted.

30.3.20

tārkṣye dūrohaṇam rohati /

He ascends the difficult ascent (dūrohaṇa) on the Tārkṣya [hymn].

xxx. 5. In the Tārkṣya he mounts the difficult mounting; Tārkṣya is Vāyu; Vāyu is breath verily thus he places breath in him; him he hands over to the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin. Him he receives in the womb of the Sukīrti (hymn ); for him born he recites in Paṅkti form with repetition of *o* the Vṛṣākapi (hymn); the repetition of *o* is food; verily thus born he finds support in proper food. Then he recites the Kuntāpa according to the metres, for the obtaining of all desires; viz. the Nārāçaṅsīs, the Raibhīs, the Kāravyās, the Indragāthās, the Bhūtechads, the Parikṣit verses, and the prattle of Etaça. Etaça, the sage, saw the life of the sacrifice. He said to his sons 'My boys, I have seen the life of the sacrifice; that I shall prattle forth; think me not mad.' They said 'Be it so.' Then he prattled it forth; his eldest son, creeping up, stopped his mouth, (saying) 'Our father has become mad.' To him he said 'Be gone; fie on thee, O fool; I make thine offspring the worst; hadst thou not, O fool, stopped my mouth, I had made the cow of a hundred (years of) life, and man of a thousand.' Therefore the descendants of Etaça being the Ājāneyas are the worst of the Bhṛgus, for they are under curse by a father, their own deity, their own Prajāpati.

30.3.21

vāyur vai tārkṣyaḥ /

Tārkṣya is Vāyu.

30.3.22

prāṇo vai vāyuḥ /

Vāyu is breath.

30.3.23

prāṇam eva tad yajamānā rohanti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Thus the sacrificers ascend breath.