Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.6.12-19
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.6.12-19
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4.6.12
atha ataḥ sākam prasthāyyasya /
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.13
sākam prasthāyyena iṣyann etasyām eva amāvāsyāyām prayuṅkte tasyā uktam brāhmaṇam / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.14
sa eṣa śraiṣṭhya kāmasya pauruṣa kāmasya yajñaḥ /
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.15
tena śraiṣṭhya kāmaḥ pauruṣa kāmo yajate / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.16
tad yat sākam sampratiṣṭhante /
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.17
sākam samprayajante /
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.18
sākam sambhakṣayante /
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
4.6.19
tasmāt sākam prasthāyyaḥ / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)
iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together).
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
Linked texts (2)
- Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit