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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.5.3

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.5.3

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30.5.3

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

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

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

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.

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

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