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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.3

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [30.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.1)

dvipadāsu ṣaṣṭhe ahan praṇayanti sarveṣām /

> On the sixth day, they bring forward \[verses\] in Dvipadā for all \[of them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.2)

dvaipadam hi ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ /

> For the sixth day belongs to the Dvipadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.4)

atho dvipadā sahacarāṇi vai śilpāni bhavanti /

> Moreover, the crafts (śilpa) accompany the Dvipadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.5)

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

> Therefore the crafts are recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.6)

na it śilpebhyo agāma iti /

> lest \[they think\]: 'We have deviated from the crafts.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.7)

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

> Here the hotṛ pours seed by means of the Nābhānediṣṭha \[hymn\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.8)

tan maitrāvaruṇāaya prayacchati /

> He hands it over to the Maitrāvaruṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.9)

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

> He modifies it with the Vālakhilyās.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.10)

atha etā vālakhilyā vihṛtāḥ śaṃsati /

> Then he recites these Vālakhilyās interwoven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.11)

pacchaḥ prthame sūkte viharati /

> In the first two hymns he interweaves \[them\] quarter-verse by quarter-verse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.12)

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

> Joint by joint he thus gathers it together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.13)

ardharcaśo dvitīye /

> Half-verse by half-verse in the second \[pair\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.14)

dve vai puruṣaḥ kapale /

> Man has indeed two halves of the skull.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.15)

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

> Them he thus unites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.16)

ṛcam ṛcam tṛtīye /

> Verse by verse in the third \[pair\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.17)

kṛtsnam eva enam tat sambharati /

> Whole he thus gathers him together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.18)

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

> He should transpose the two Nārāśaṃsa \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.19)

tasmād viparyastā garbhā jāyante /

> Therefore embryos are born inverted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.20)

tārkṣye dūrohaṇam rohati /

> He ascends the difficult ascent (dūrohaṇa) on the Tārkṣya \[hymn\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 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.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [30.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.21)

vāyur vai tārkṣyaḥ /

> Tārkṣya is Vāyu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.22)

prāṇo vai vāyuḥ /

> Vāyu is breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [30.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.3.23)

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

> Thus the sacrificers ascend breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (2)

- [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.30.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.30.3.1) — English, machine translation

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