Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.5
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.5
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- Sanskrit
7.5.1
atha ataḥ kaiśinī dīkṣā /
Now then, the consecration of Keśin.
7.5.2
keśī ha dārbhyo dīkṣito niṣasāda /
Keśī Dārbhya, having consecrated himself, sat down.
7.5.3
tam ha hiraṇmayaḥ śakuna āpatya uvāca / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
A golden bird flew to him and said:
7.5.4
adīkṣito vā asi dikṣām aham veda tām te bravāṇi /
'You are unconsecrated. I know the consecration; let me tell it to you.'
7.5.5
sakṛd ayaje tasya kṣayād bibhemi / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
'I have sacrificed once; I fear the exhaustion of that [sacrifice].'
7.5.6
sakṛd iṣṭasya ho tvam akṣitim vettha tām tvam mahyam iti /
'Do you know the imperishability of what has been sacrificed once? Tell it to me.'
7.5.7
sa ha tathā ity uvāca / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
He said: 'So be it.'
7.5.8
tau ha samprocāte /
The two conversed.
7.5.9
sa ha sa āsa /
He was indeed that [person]:
7.5.10
ulo vā vārṣṇa vṛddha iṭan vā kāvyaḥ śikhaṇḍī vā yājñasenaḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
either Ula Vārṣṇavṛddha, or Iṭaṅga Kāvya, or Śikhaṇḍin Yājñasena.
7.5.11
yo vā sa āsa sa sa āsa /
Whichever of these he was, that he was.
7.5.12
sa ha uvāca /
He said:
7.5.13
śarīrāṇi vā etayā iṣṭyā dīkṣante / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
'The bodies indeed undergo consecration through this iṣṭi.
7.5.14
yā vā imāḥ puruṣe devatāḥ /
Whatever these deities in the person are,
7.5.15
yasya etā dīkṣante /
he whose deities these undergo consecration,
7.5.16
sa dīkṣita iti ha sma āha / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
he is the consecrated one'—thus indeed he used to say.
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