Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.1
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.1
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- Sanskrit
7.1.1
vāg dīkṣā /
Speech is the consecration (dīkṣā);
7.1.2
vācā hi dīkṣate /
for through speech one consecrates oneself.
7.1.3
prāṇo dīkṣitaḥ /
The breath is the consecrated one (dīkṣita).
7.1.4
vācā vai dīkṣayā devāḥ prāṇena dīkṣitena sarvān kāmān ubhayataḥ parigṛhya ātmann adadhata / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
By speech as consecration, by breath as the consecrated one, the gods grasped all desires on both sides and placed them in themselves.
7.1.5
tatho eva etad yajamāno vācā eva dīkṣatā prāṇena dīkṣitena sarvān kāmān ubhayataḥ parigṛhya ātman dhatte / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
In the very same way, the sacrificer, by speech consecrating, by breath consecrated, grasps all desires on both sides and places them in himself.
7.1.6
āgnāvaiṣṇavam ekādaśa kapālam puroḍāśam nirvapati /
He offers an eleven-potsherd sacrificial cake to Agni and Viṣṇu.
7.1.7
agnir vai devānām avara ardhyo viṣṇuḥ para ardhyaḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Agni is the lowest of the gods; Viṣṇu is the highest.
7.1.8
tad yaś caiva devānām avara ardhyo yaś ca para ardhyaḥ /
Therefore, whoever is the lowest of the gods and whoever is the highest—
7.1.9
tābhyām eva etat sarvā devatāḥ parigṛhya salokatām āpnoti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
by these two he encompasses all deities and attains companionship in their world.
7.1.10
tasmāt kāmam pūrvo dīkṣitvā saṃsunuyāt /
Therefore, having consecrated oneself beforehand, one may press Soma at will [even if another presses];
7.1.11
pūrvasya hy asya devatāḥ parigṛhītā bhavanti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
for the deities of him who is first have been grasped.
7.1.12
aśarīrābhiḥ prāṇa dīkṣābhir dīkṣate / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
He consecrates himself with bodiless consecrations of breath.
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