Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.9.1-4
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.9.1-4
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4.9.1
atha vasanta āgate pakveṣu veṇu yaveṣu /
iv. 13. When spring has come and the bamboo seeds are ripe, he gives orders to pluck bamboo seeds. Of this (sacrifice) there is the same time, the same model, the same deity, the same fee, the same explanation. Some perform (the offering) for Agni, or Varuṇa, or Prajāpati, but with the same model and the same explanation.
4.9.2
veṇu yavān uddhartava āha /
iv. 13. When spring has come and the bamboo seeds are ripe, he gives orders to pluck bamboo seeds. Of this (sacrifice) there is the same time, the same model, the same deity, the same fee, the same explanation. Some perform (the offering) for Agni, or Varuṇa, or Prajāpati, but with the same model and the same explanation.
4.9.3
tasyā etad eva parva etat tantram eṣā devatā eṣā dakṣiṇā etad brāhmaṇam/ (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)
iv. 13. When spring has come and the bamboo seeds are ripe, he gives orders to pluck bamboo seeds. Of this (sacrifice) there is the same time, the same model, the same deity, the same fee, the same explanation. Some perform (the offering) for Agni, or Varuṇa, or Prajāpati, but with the same model and the same explanation.
4.9.4
tām ha eka āgneyīm vā vāruṇīm vā prājāpatyām vā kurvanty etat tantrām eva etad brāhmaṇām / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah)
iv. 13. When spring has come and the bamboo seeds are ripe, he gives orders to pluck bamboo seeds. Of this (sacrifice) there is the same time, the same model, the same deity, the same fee, the same explanation. Some perform (the offering) for Agni, or Varuṇa, or Prajāpati, but with the same model and the same explanation.
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