Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.4
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.4
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30.4.1
tam brāhmaṇācchaṃsine prayacchati /
He hands it over to the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin.
30.4.2
tam sa sukīrtinā yoninā pragigṛhṇāti jātam /
He receives him when born with the Sukīrti [hymn] as a womb.
30.4.3
atha etam vṛṣākapim paṅkti śaṃsam śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
pañcapadā paṅktiḥ /
Then he recites this Vṛṣākapi [hymn] recited in Paṅktis. / The Paṅkti has five feet.
30.4.5
pāṅkto vai yajño yajñasya avāptyai /
Fivefold is the sacrifice, for obtaining the sacrifice.
30.4.6
nyūṅkhayati /
He inserts the nyūṅkha.
30.4.7
annam vai nyūṅkhaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
Food is the nyūṅkha.
30.4.8
jāta eva asmiṃs tad anna adyam pratidadhāti /
Thus as soon as he is born, he places food and nourishment in him.
30.4.9
atha etat kuntāpam yathā chandasam śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
Then he recites this Kuntāpa [hymn] according to the metres,
30.4.10
sarveṣām eva chandasām āptyai /
for obtaining all the metres:
30.4.11
nārāśaṃsī raibhīḥ kāravyā indra gāthā bhūtecchadaḥ pārikṣitīr etaśa pralāpam iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
the Nārāśaṃsīs, the Raibhīs, the Kāravyās, the Indra-gāthās, the Bhūtecchads, the Pārikṣitīs, and the Etaśapralāpa.
30.4.12
etaśo ha vai munir yajñasya āyur dadarśa /
Etaśa the sage indeed saw the lifespan of the sacrifice.
30.4.13
sa ha putrān uvāca /
putrakā yajñasya āyur adarśam tad abhilapṣyāmi / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
He said to his sons: / 'Dear sons, I have seen the lifespan of the sacrifice; I shall declare it.
30.4.15
māmām dṛptam mandhvam iti /
Do not think me mad.'
30.4.16
te ha tathā ity ūcuḥ /
They said, 'So be it.'
30.4.17
tadd ha abhilalāpa /
He then declared it.
30.4.18
tasya ha jyeṣṭhaḥ putro abhisṛpya mukham apijagrāha / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
His eldest son crawled up to him and seized his mouth, [saying]:
30.4.19
adṛpad vai naḥ pitā iti /
'Our father has gone mad!'
30.4.20
tam ha uvāca /
He said to him:
30.4.21
apanaśya dhik tvā jālmāstu.(.jālma astu.?) /
'Perish! Fie on you, wretch!
30.4.22
pāpiṣṭhām te prajām kariṣyāmi / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
I shall make your offspring the worst!
30.4.23
yad vai me jālma mukham na apy agrahīṣyaḥ /
śata āyuṣam gām akariṣyam sahasra āyuṣam puruṣam iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
If you, wretch, had not stopped my mouth, / I would have made cattle live a hundred years, and man live a thousand years!'
30.4.25
tasmād aitaśāyanā ājāneyāḥ santo bhṛgūṇām pāpiṣṭhāḥ pitrā abhiśaptāḥ svayā devatayā svena prajāpatinā / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
Therefore the Aitaśāyanas, though of noble birth, are the worst among the Bhṛgus, cursed by their father, by their own deity, by their own Prajāpati.
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