Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 5.3

5.3.1

vaiśvadevena vai prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata /

By means of the Vaiśvadeva, Prajāpati created creatures.

v. 3. By means of the Vaiçvadeva sacrifice Prajāpati created offspring; they, being created, not born, ate the barley of Varuṇa; Varuṇa grasped them with Varuṇa's nooses. The offspring having gone ran up to their father Prajāpati, 'Do thou devise that sacrificial rite by which we may sacrifice and be set free from the nooses of Varuṇa, from all ill.' Then Prajāpati saw this sacrificial rite, the Varuṇapraghāsas; he grasped it, and sacrificed with it; having sacrificed with it he delighted Varuṇa; Varuṇa being delighted, freed offspring from the nooses of Varuṇa and from all evil. From the nooses of Varuṇa and from all evil are freed the offspring of him who knowing thus sacrifices with the Praghasas. In that they bring forward the fire, verily thus do they bring forward yonder fire which they kindle at the Vaiçvadeva. In that the fire is kindled, the explanation of that has been given. In that there are seventeen kindling verses, the butter portions contain the word 'being' and the invitatory and offering verses are Virāj verses, the explanation of that has been given. In that there are nine fore-offerings and nine after-offerings, and nine oblations, thus he obtains the brilliance of the Nakṣatras; the five accompanying oblations ending with that to Pūṣan are the same; the explanation of them has been given.

5.3.2

tāḥ sṛṣṭā aprasūtā varuṇasya yavān jakṣuḥ /

Having been created, [yet] not having brought forth offspring, they ate the barley of Varuṇa.

5.3.3

tā varuṇo varuṇa pāśaiḥ pratyamuñcat / (Cāturmāsya)

Varuṇa bound them with Varuṇa's nooses.

5.3.4

tāḥ prajāḥ prajāpatim pitaram etya upādhāvan /

Those creatures approached their father Prajāpati and ran up to him [saying]:

5.3.5

upa tam yajña kratum jānīhi yena iṣṭvā varuṇa pāśebhyaḥ sarvasmāc ca pāpmanaḥ sampramucyemahi iti / (Cāturmāsya)

"Devise that sacrificial rite by sacrificing with which we may be completely freed from Varuṇa's nooses and from all evil."

5.3.6

tata etam prajāpatir yajña kratum apaśyad varuṇa praghāsān /

Then Prajāpati saw this sacrificial rite, the Varuṇapraghāsa.

5.3.7

tam āharat tena ayajata / (Cāturmāsya)

He brought it, he sacrificed with it.

5.3.8

tena iṣṭvā varuṇam aprīṇāt /

Having sacrificed with it, he gratified Varuṇa.

5.3.9

sa prīto varuṇo varuṇa pāśebhyaḥ sarvasmāc ca pāpmanaḥ prajāḥ prāmuñcat / (Cāturmāsya)

He, being gratified, released the creatures from Varuṇa's nooses and from all evil.

5.3.10

pra ha vā asya prajā varuṇa pāśebhyaḥ sarvasmāc ca pāpmanaḥ sampramucyate ya evam veda / (Cāturmāsya)

The offspring of him who knows thus are indeed completely released from Varuṇa's nooses and from all evil.