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In that he offers to Agni of the front first of the deities, and Agni is the beginning of the gods, thus at the beginning he delights the gods. In that at midday he sacrifices to the Maruts, the heaters, (it is because) it is hot at midday; therefore at the midday he sacrifices to the Maruts, the heaters. Moreover, the Maruts are Indra's, the midday is Indra's; therefore at the midday he sacrifices to the Maruts, heaters. In that in the evening they proceed with the householder's sacrifice and the householder's sacrifice is a rite for prosperity, and prosperity is in the evening, therefore he offers the butter portions with the word 'prosperity'; verily thus he makes the sacrificer to prosper. In that in the morning they proceed with a full ladle, verily thus he unites the ceremony in the morning with the ceremony on the previous day. In that he sacrifices to the Maruts, the playful, and the Maruts, the playful, are Indra's, therefore he sacrifices to them in conjunction with Indra. In that they bring forward the fire, that it 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 (of the Sviṣṭakṛt) are Virāj verses, the explanation of that has been given. In that there are nine fore-offerings, nine after-offerings, eight oblations and the Sviṣṭakṛt as ninth, thus he obtains the brilliance of the Nakṣatras. The six accompanying oblations ending with that to Indra and Agni are the same, the explanation of them > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [5.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.2) tad yathā mahā rājaḥ purastāt senānīkāni pratyūhya abhayam panthānam anviyāt / (Cāturmāsya) > Just as a great king, having deployed arrays of his army in front, would follow a path free of danger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.3) evam eva etat purastād devatā yajati / > even so he sacrifices to the deities beforehand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.4) tad yathā adaḥ somasya mahā vratam / (Cāturmāsya) > Just as the Mahāvrata is \[the chief rite\] of the Soma \[sacrifice\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.5) evam eva etad iṣṭi mahā vratam / > even so this is the Mahāvrata of the iṣṭis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.6) atha yad agnim anīkavantam prathamam devatānām yajati / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, as to why he sacrifices to Agni Anīkavant first among the deities: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.7) agnir vai devānām mukham / > Agni is the mouth of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.8) mukhata eva tad devān prīṇāti / > He thereby gratifies the gods from the mouth \[first\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.9) atha yan madhyaṃdine marutaḥ sāṃtapanāt yajati / (Cāturmāsya) > Now, in that he sacrifices at midday to the Maruts Sāṃtapana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.10) madhyaṃdine vai saṃtapati / > indeed, at midday it burns intensely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.11) tasmān madhyaṃdine marutaḥ sāṃtapanān yajati / (Cāturmāsya) > Therefore he sacrifices at midday to the Maruts Sāṃtapana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.12) atho indrasya vai marutaḥ / > Moreover, the Maruts belong to Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.13) aindro madhyaṃdinaḥ / > Midday belongs to Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.14) tasmān madhyaṃdine marutaḥ sāṃtapanān yajati / (Cāturmāsya) > Therefore he sacrifices at midday to the Maruts Sāṃtapana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.15) atha yat sāyam gṛha medhīyena caranti / > Now, in that they perform the Gṛhamedhīya in the evening: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.16) puṣṭi karma vā etad yad gṛha medhīyaḥ / (Cāturmāsya) > This Gṛhamedhīya is an act of nourishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.17) sāyam poṣaḥ / > Evening is nourishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.18) tasmāt poṣavantāv ājya bhāgau bhavataḥ / > Therefore the two butter portions contain \[words denoting\] nourishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.19) yajamānam eva tat poṣayati / (Cāturmāsya) > Thereby he causes the sacrificer to prosper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.20) atha yat prātaḥ pūrṇa darveṇa caranti / > Now, in that they perform with a full ladle in the morning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6.21) pūrve dyuḥ karmaṇā eva etat prātaḥ karma upasaṃtanoti / (Cāturmāsya) > he thereby connects the morning rite with the rite of the previous day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.5.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.5.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana.17.57.337.6) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.1.23) — Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesi*agase.17.12.22-8-16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.6) · Pramāṇa