Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.2.2
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.2.2
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4.2.2
ehi ha vā eṣa yaja pathāt /
iv. 2. Next as to the Abhyuditā sacrifice. He wanders from the path of the sacrifice at whose fast the moon is seen in the east. He offers to Agni, the giver, a cake on eight potsherds; Agni is the giver; verily he gives the sacrifice to him. (He offers) to Indra, the bestower, curds milked in the evening; Indra is the bestower; verily he bestows the sacrifice upon him. (He offers) to Viṣṇu Çipiviṣṭa a pap in milk milked in the morning; Viṣṇu is the sacrifice; verily he gives to him the sacrifice. In that he sacrifices to these deities, (it is because he thinks) 'Let me not wander from the path of the sacrifice.' The sacrificial fee is a bow with three arrows; that is a symbol of a safe journey.
Translations (2)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation