Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.2

6.2.1

sa vai tvam ity abravīd bhava eva iti /

He said: "You indeed are Bhava."

6.2.2

yad bhava āpas tena /

In that he is Bhava, by that he is the waters.

6.2.3

na ha vā enam bhavo hinasti /

Bhava does not harm him,

6.2.4

na asya prajām na asya paśūn na asya bruvāṇam cana / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor even one who calls himself his.

6.2.5

atha ya enam dveṣṭi /

Now whoever hates him,

6.2.6

sa eva pāpīyān bhavati /

he alone becomes worse off,

6.2.7

na sa ya evam veda / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

not he who knows thus.

6.2.8

tasya vratam ārdram eva vāsaḥ paridadhīta āpo vai na paricakṣīta iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

His vow is: he should wear wet clothes, [or] he should not speak ill of the waters.

6.2.9

tam dvitīyam abhyāyacchat /

He directed himself toward him a second time.

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.10

tam abravīt kathā mā abhyāyacchasi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He said to him: "Why do you direct yourself toward me?"

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.11

dvitīyam me nāma kurv ity abravīt /

"Give me a second name!" he said.

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.12

na vā idam ekena nāmnā annam atsyāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

"For indeed, with [only] one name, I will not eat food here."

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.13

sa vai tvam ity abravīt śarva eva iti /

He said: "You indeed are Śarva."

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.14

yat śarvo agnis tena /

In that he is Śarva, by that he is Agni.

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.15

na ha vā enam śarvo hinasti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Śarva does not harm him,

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.16

na asya prajām na asya paśūn na asya bruvāṇam cana /

nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor even one who calls himself his.

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.17

atha ya enam dveṣṭi / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Now whoever hates him,

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.18

sa eva pāpīyān bhavati /

he alone becomes worse off,

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.19

na sa ya evam veda /

not he who knows thus.

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.20

tasya vratam sarvam eva na aśnīyād iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

His vow is: he should not eat everything.

vi. 3. A second time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a second name, for with one name only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art Çarva.’ Since the fire is Çarva, thereby Çarva harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘All (sarva ) one should not eat .’

6.2.21

tam tṛtīyam abhyāyacchat /

He directed himself toward him a third time.

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.22

tam abravīt kathā mā abhyāyacchasi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He said to him: "Why do you direct yourself toward me?"

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.23

tṛtīyam me nāma kurv ity abravīt /

"Give me a third name!" he said.

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.24

na vā idam dvābhyām nāmabhyām annam atsyāmi iti /

"For indeed, with two names, I will not eat food here."

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.25

sa vai tvam ity abravīt paśu patir eva iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He said: "You indeed are Paśupati."

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.26

yat paśu patir vāyus tena /

In that he is Paśupati, by that he is Vāyu.

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.27

na ha vā enam paśu patir hinasti /

Paśupati does not harm him,

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.28

na asya prajām na asya paśūn na asya bruvāṇam cana / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor even one who calls himself his.

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.29

atha ya enam dveṣṭi /

Now whoever hates him,

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.30

sa eva pāpīyān bhavati /

he alone becomes worse off,

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.31

nasa ya evam veda / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

not he who knows thus.

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.32

tasya vratam brāhmaṇam eva na parivaded iti /

His vow is: he should not speak ill of a brāhmaṇa.

vi. 4. A third time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a third name, for with two names only I shall not eat food here. He answered, ‘Thou art the lord of cattle.’ Since Vāyu is the lord of cattle, the lord of cattle harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not speak ill of a Brahman.’

6.2.33

tam caturtham abhyāyacchat / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He directed himself toward him a fourth time.

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.34

tam abravīt kathā mā abhyāyacchasi iti /

He said to him: "Why do you direct yourself toward me?"

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.35

caturtham me nāma kurv ity abravīt / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

"Give me a fourth name!" he said.

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.36

na vā idam tribhir nāmabhir annam atsyāmi iti /

"For indeed, with three names, I will not eat food here."

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.37

sa vai tvam ity abravīd ugra eva deva iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He said: "You indeed are Ugradeva."

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.38

yad ugro deva oṣadhayo vanaspatayas tena /

In that he is Ugradeva, by that he is the plants and the trees.

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.39

na ha vā enam ugro devo hinasti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Ugradeva does not harm him,

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.40

na asya prajām na asya paśūn na asya bruvāṇam cana /

nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor even one who calls himself his.

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.41

atha ya enam dveṣṭi / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Now whoever hates him,

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.42

sa eva pāpīyān bhavati /

he alone becomes worse off.

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.43

na sa ya evam veda /

not he who knows thus.

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’

6.2.44

tasya vratam striyā eva vivaram na īkṣeta iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

His observance is: 'One should not gaze at the private part of a woman.'

vi. 5. A fourth time he grasped him; he said to him, ‘Why dost thou grasp me?’ He replied, ‘Give me a fourth name, for with three names only I shall not eat food here.’ He answered, ‘Thou art the dread god.’ Since the plants and trees are the dread god, thereby the dread god harms him not, nor his offspring, nor his cattle, nor any one claiming to be his. He who hates him becomes worse, not he who knows thus. His vow is ‘One should not look at the cavity of a woman.’