Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.2.9-20
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.2.9-20
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6.2.9
tam dvitīyam abhyāyacchat /
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)
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 /
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)
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 /
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 /
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)
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 /
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)
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 /
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 /
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)
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 .’
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
Linked texts (2)
- Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit