Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 5.4

5.4.1

atha yad agnim praṇayanti /

Now, as to why they carry forward the fire:

5.4.2

yam eva amum vaiśvadeve manthanti /

that which they churn in the Vaiśvadeva,

5.4.3

tam eva tat praṇayanti / (Cāturmāsya)

that very one they carry forward.

5.4.4

atha yan mathyate tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /

Now, that it is churned—the brāhmaṇa explanation of that has been stated.

5.4.5

atha yat saptadaśa sāmidhenyaḥ sadvantāv ājya bhāgau virājau samyājye tasya uktam brāhmaṇam / (Cāturmāsya)

Now, that there are seventeen kindling verses, that the two butter portions contain the word 'sad', and that the two samyājyā offering verses are in the Virāj metre—the brāhmaṇa explanation of that has been stated.

5.4.6

atha yan nava prayājā nava anuyājā nava etāni havīṃṣi /

Now, in that there are nine fore-offerings, nine after-offerings, [and] these nine oblations,

5.4.7

tan nakṣatriyām virājam āpnoti / (Cāturmāsya)

thereby he attains the nakṣatra Virāj.

5.4.8

samānāni pañca saṃcarāṇi havīṃṣi bhavanti pauṣṇa antāni vaiśvadevikāni / (Cāturmāsya)

The five recurring oblations ending with that to Pūṣan are common, belonging to the Vaiśvadeva.

5.4.9

teṣām uktam brāhmaṇam /

The Brāhmaṇa for them has [already] been stated.

5.4.10

atha yad aindrāgno dvādaśa kapālaḥ /

Now, as to why [there is] a cake on twelve potsherds for Indra and Agni:

v. 4. In that there is (a cake) on twelve potsherds for Indra and Agni, and Indra and Agni are supports, verily (it serves) for support. Indra is in the middle; therefore to him in the middle he sacrifices. In that there is a milk mess for Varuṇa, (it is because) Varuṇa is Indra, and he has milk as his portion; therefore there is a milk mess for Varuṇa. In that there is a milk mess for the Maruts, (it is because) the Maruts are situated in the waters; therefore with milk he sacrifices to them, for milk is the waters. Moreover the Maruts are Indra's, milk is Indra's; therefore is there a milk mess for the Maruts. In that there is (a cake) on one potsherd for Ka,

5.4.11

pratiṣṭhe vā indrāgnī pratiṣṭhityā eva / (Cāturmāsya)

Indra and Agni are indeed a support; [it is] just for support.