Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.5

30.5.1

āditya āṅgirasīr upasaṃśaṃsati /

He recites in addition the verses of the Ādityas and the Aṅgirases.

xxx. 6. (The verses) of the Ādityas and Aṅgirases he recites next. The Ādityas and the Aṅgirases were at variance, 'We shall go first to the world

30.5.2

ādityāś ca ha vā aṅgirasaś ca aspardhanta /

The Ādityas and the Aṅgirases indeed contended.

xxx. 6. (The verses) of the Ādityas and Aṅgirases he recites next. The Ādityas and the Aṅgirases were at variance, 'We shall go first to the world

30.5.3

vayam pūrve svargam lokam eṣyāma ity ādityāḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))
vayam ity aṅgirasaḥ /

'We shall go first to the heavenly world,' said the Ādityas. / 'We [shall],' said the Aṅgirases.

xxx. 6. (The verses) of the Ādityas and Aṅgirases he recites next. The Ādityas and the Aṅgirases were at variance, 'We shall go first to the world

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.5

te aṅgirasa ādityān prajighyuḥ /

Those Aṅgirases sent [a messenger] to the Ādityas:

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.6

śvaḥ sutyā no yājayata na iti /

"Our soma pressing is tomorrow; officiate at sacrifice for us!"

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.7

teṣām ha agnir dūta āsa /

Agni was their messenger.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.8

ta ādityā ūcuḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Those Ādityas said:

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.9

atha asmākam adya sutyā /

"Now, our soma pressing is today.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.10

teṣām nas tvam eva hotā asi /

Of ours, you indeed are the hotṛ.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.11

bṛhaspatir brahmāya asya udgātā ghora āṅgiraso adhvaryur iti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Bṛhaspati is the brahman priest; this one is the udgātṛ; Ghora Āṅgirasa is the adhvaryu."

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.12

tān na pratyuācacakṣire /

They did not refuse them.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.13

tam etābhiḥ śiśikṣuḥ /
tad etā abhivadanti /

With these [verses] they wished to bestow [gifts] upon him; this is what these [verses] proclaim.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.15

te aśvam śvetam dakṣiṇām niṇyur etam eva ya eṣa tapati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

They brought a white horse as the sacrificial fee, this very one who shines here.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.16

tata u ha ādityāḥ svar īyuḥ /

Then indeed the Ādityas went to heaven.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.19

svar eti ya evam veda /

To heaven goes he who knows thus.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.18

diśām klṛptīḥ śaṃsati /

He recites the arrangements of the directions.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.

30.5.19_2

diśo ha asmai kalpante /

The directions are arranged for him.

30.5.20

jana kalpāḥ śaṃsati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

He recites the arrangements of the peoples.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.21

janā ha asmai kalpante /

The peoples are arranged for him.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.22

pravalhikāḥ pratīrādhān ativādām āhanasyāḥ sarvā vāco vadati /

He recites riddles, rejoinders, abusive words, and erotic verses—all forms of speech.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.23

tasmāt puruṣaḥ sarvā vāco vadati / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))ṇṇṇ
ekaikām itare paśavaḥ /

Therefore man speaks all forms of speech, [while] the other animals each [speak only] one.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.25

tā vā aṣṭau bhavanti /

They are eight [in number].

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.26

etābhir vai devāḥ sarvā aṣṭīr āśnuvata / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

By these indeed the gods attained all attainments.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.27

tatho eva etad yajamānā etābhir eva sarvā aṣṭīr aśnuvate /

Even so now the sacrificers attain all attainments by these alone.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.28

kapṛnnaraḥ kapṛtham uddadhātana yadd ha prācīr ajagantā iti dve eka pātinyau / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

"O men, hold up the penis!" [and] "When ye came eastward..." are two isolated verses.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.29

tā daśa saṃpadyante /

They amount to ten.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.30

daśa daśinī virāṭ /

The Virāṭ has sets of ten.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.31

śrīr virāḍ anna adyam / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

The Virāṭ is prosperity and food.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.32

śriyo virājo anna adyasya upāptyai /

[It is] for the attainment of prosperity, of the Virāṭ, of food.

xxx. 7. He recites the orderings of the quarters ; the quarters are in order for him. He recites the man-ordering (verses) ; men are in order for him. He says the riddles, the Pratīrādhas, the Ativādā, the Āhanasyās, all forms of speech. Therefore a man speaks all forms of speech, but other animals one only. They are eight; by them the gods attained all attainments; so verily also the sacrificers by them attain all attainments. 'The Kapṛth, O men, the Kapṛth extend,' and 'What time forward ye came' are two (verses ); thus they become perfect . They make up ten; the Virāj consists of sets of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; verily (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food.

30.5.33

dādhikrīm śaṃsati /
vāg vai dādhikrī /

He recites the Dādhikrī [verse]; speech indeed is the Dādhikrī [verse].

xxx. 8. He recites the Dadhikrā (verse ); the Dadhikrā (verse) is speech; verily thus he places speech in him; he recites (the verses) to Soma the purifying ; (the verses) to Soma the purifying are a filter; verily thus he purifies him. Him he hands over to the Achāvāka; him he with the

30.5.35

vācam eva asmiṃs tad dadhāti / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Thus he bestows speech in him.

30.5.36

pāvamānam śaṃsati /

He recites the Pāvamāna [hymn].

30.5.37

pavitram vai pāvamānyaḥ /

The Pāvamāna verses are a purifier.

30.5.38

punāty eva enat tat / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(tṛtīya savanam))

Thus he purifies this [sacrifice].