Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.2.33-44
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.2.33-44
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6.2.33
tam caturtham abhyāyacchat / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
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 /
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)
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 /
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)
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 /
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)
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 /
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)
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 /
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 /
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)
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.’
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