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[7.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.3) tad asau vai somo rājā vicakṣaṇaś candramāḥ / (soma: soma kraya) > Now that King Soma, the all-seeing one, is the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.4) sa imam krītam eva praviśati / > He enters into this one as soon as it is bought. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.5) tad yat somam rājānam krīṇāti / (soma: soma kraya) > When he buys King Soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.6) asau vai somo rājā vicakṣaṇaś candramā abhiṣuto asad iti / > \[it is\] so that King Soma yonder, the all-seeing moon, shall be pressed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.7) tasmai krītāya nava anvāha / (soma: soma kraya) > For it, when bought, he recites nine \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.8) nava ime prāṇāḥ / > These vital breaths are nine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.9) prāṇān eva tad yajamāne dadhāti / > He thus places the vital breaths in the sacrificer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.10) sarvāyutvāya asmiṃl loke / (soma: soma kraya) > for attaining a complete lifespan in this world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.11) amṛtatvāya amuṣmin / > for immortality in yonder \[world\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.12) bhadrād abhi śreyaḥ preti iti pravatīm pravatyamānāya anvāha / (soma: soma kraya) > He recites a verse containing 'forth' for \[Soma\] being brought forth: “From good go forth to better!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.13) bṛhaspatiḥ pura etā te astv iti / > “May Bṛhaspati be thy leader!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.14) brahma vai bṛhaspatiḥ / > Bṛhaspati is indeed the sacred power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.15) brahma yaśasasya avaruddhyai / (soma: soma kraya) > \[It is\] for the attainment of the glory of sacred power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.16) imām dhiyam śikṣamāṇasya deva vaneṣu vyantarikṣam tatāna iti triṣṭubhau vāruṇyāv anvāha / (soma: soma kraya) > He recites two Triṣṭubh verses addressed to Varuṇa: “This prayer of him who is striving, O god,” \[and\] “In the woods he extended the mid-region.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.17) kṣatram vai triṣṭup / > The Triṣṭubh is princely power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.18) kṣatram varuṇaḥ / > Varuṇa is princely power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.19) kṣatra yaśasasya avaruddhyai / (soma: soma kraya) > \[It is\] for the attainment of the glory of princely power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.20) soma yās te mayo bhuva iti catasro gāyatrīḥ saumīr anvāha / > He recites four Gāyatrī verses addressed to Soma: “Soma, those \[powers\] of thine which are refreshing.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.21) brahma vai gāyatrī / (soma: soma kraya) > The Gāyatrī is sacred power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.22) kṣatram somaḥ / > Soma is princely power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.23) brahma yaśasasya ca kṣatra yaśasasya ca avaruddhyai / (soma: soma kraya) > \[It is\] for the attainment both of the glory of sacred power and of the glory of princely power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.24) tāsām uttamāyā ardharcam uktvā uparamati / > Having spoken a half-verse of the last of them, he pauses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.25) amṛtam vā ṛk / > The verse is immortality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.26) amṛtam tat praviśati / (soma: soma kraya) > He enters into immortality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.27) atho brahma vā ṛk / > Moreover, the verse is sacred power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.28) ubhayata eva tad brahma ardharcau varma kurute / (soma: soma kraya) > He thus makes the two half-verses a shield of sacred power on both sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.29) tad yatra kvaca ardharcena uparamet / > Therefore, wherever one should pause after a half-verse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.30) etad brāhmaṇam eva tat / > that is just this ritual explanation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.31) yā te dhāmāni haviṣā yajanti iti pravatīm prapādyamānāya anvāha / (soma: soma kraya) > He recites a verse containing 'forth' for \[Soma\] entering \[the hall\]: “Those abodes of thine which they worship with oblation.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.32) āgan deva ṛtubhir vardhatu kṣayam ity āgatavatyā ṛtumatyā paridadhāti / (soma: soma kraya) > With a verse containing 'come' and containing 'seasons' he concludes: “The god has come; with the seasons may he increase the dwelling.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.33) saṃvatsaro vai somo rājā iti ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / > “King Soma is indeed the year,” Kauṣītaki used to say; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.34) so abhyāgacchann ṛtubhir eva saha abhyeti iti / (soma: soma kraya) > “approaching, he approaches together with the seasons.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.35) abhirūpā anvāha / > He recites proper verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.36) yad yajñe abhirūpam tat samṛddham yajñasya eva samṛddhyai / (soma: soma kraya) > What is proper in the sacrifice is successful, for the success of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.37) tā vai nava anvāha / > He recites nine \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.38) tāsām uktam brāhmaṇam / > Their Brāhmaṇa has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.39) triḥ prathamayā trir uttamayā trayodaśa sampadyante / (soma: soma kraya) > With the first \[recited\] thrice, \[and\] with the last thrice, they amount to thirteen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.40) dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ / > The year indeed has twelve months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.41) saṃvatsarasya eva āptyai / > \[It is\] indeed for the attainment of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.42) asti trayodaśo māsaḥ / > There is a thirteenth month, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12.43) upacaro vijñāta iva tasya āptyai tasya āptyai / (soma: soma kraya) > an intercalary one, as it were, known; \[it is\] for the attainment of it, for the attainment of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.7.12.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.7.12) · Pramāṇa