Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.7
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 6.7
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6.7.1
eṣa ha vai yajñasya vyṛddhim samardhayati ya etābhir vyāhṛtibhiḥ prāyaścittim karoti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
He indeed makes prosper what has failed in the sacrifice who performs an expiation with these mystical utterances.
6.7.2
na ha vā upasṛto brūyān na aham etad veda ity etā vyāhṛtīr vidvān / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
When approached, he who knows these mystical utterances should certainly not say, 'I do not know this.'
6.7.3
sarvam ha vā u sa veda ya etā vyāhṛtīr veda /
For indeed he knows all who knows these mystical utterances.
6.7.4
tad yathā ha vai dāruṇaḥ śleṣma saṃśleṣaṇam syāt paricarmaṇyam vā / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
Just as there might be a glue joining wood, or leather-work [joining parts],
6.7.5
evam eva etā vyāhṛtayaḥ sarvasyai trayyai vidyāyai saṃśleṣiṇyaḥ /
in the same way these mystical utterances are joiners for the entire threefold knowledge.
6.7.6
atha yad brahma sadanāt tṛṇam nirasyati / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
Now, when he throws away a blade of grass from the seat of the brahman,
6.7.7
śodhayaty eva enat tat /
he thereby purifies it.
6.7.8
atha upaviśati idam aham arvāvasoḥ sadasi sīdāmi iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
Then he sits down, saying, 'Here I sit in the seat of Arvāvasu.'
6.7.9
arvāvasur ha vai devānām brahmā /
Arvāvasu indeed was the brahman of the gods.
6.7.10
tam eva etat pūrvam sādayaty ariṣṭam yajñam tanutād iti / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
Him indeed he seats first with the thought, 'Perform the sacrifice uninjured.'
6.7.11
atha upaviśya japati bṛhaspatir brahmā iti /
Then, having sat down, he whispers, 'Bṛhaspati is the brahman.'
6.7.12
bṛhaspatir ha vai devānām brahmā / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)
Bṛhaspati indeed is the brahman of the gods.
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