Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.6
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.6
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7.6.1
sa yatra adhvaryur audgrabhaṇāni juhoti /
When the adhvaryu offers the audgrabhaṇa offerings,
7.6.2
tad upa yajamānaḥ pañca āhutīr juhuyāt / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
the sacrificer should offer five accompanying oblations:
7.6.3
mano me manasā dīkṣatām svāhā iti prathamām /
'May my mind be consecrated through the mind, svāhā'—as the first;
7.6.4
vān me vācā dīkṣatām svāhā iti dvitīyām / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
'May my speech be consecrated through speech, svāhā'—as the second;
7.6.5
prāṇo me prāṇena dīkṣatām svāhā iti tṛtīyām /
'May my breath be consecrated through the breath, svāhā'—as the third.
7.6.6
madhye prāṇam āha / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
He places breath in the middle.
7.6.7
madhye hy ayam prāṇaḥ /
for this breath is in the middle.
7.6.8
cakṣur me cakṣuṣā dīkṣatām svāhā iti caturthīm / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
"May my sight be consecrated with sight, svāhā!" [with this] fourth [offering].
7.6.9
śrotram me śrotreṇa dīkṣatām svāhā iti pañcamīm /
"May my hearing be consecrated with hearing, svāhā!" [with this] fifth [offering].
7.6.10
tad u ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Now, Kauṣītaki used to say:
7.6.11
na hotavyāḥ /
"They should not be offered.
7.6.12
atiriktā āhutayaḥ syur yadd hūyeran /
They would be superfluous offerings if they were offered.
7.6.13
adhvaryum eva juhvatam anvārabhya pratīkair anumantrayet / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Touching the adhvaryu as he offers, he should accompany [the offerings] with the formulas:
7.6.14
mano me manasā dīkṣatām iti prathamām /
"May my mind be consecrated with mind," [with this] first [formula];
7.6.15
vān me vācā dīkṣatām iti dvitīyām / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
"May my speech be consecrated with speech," [with this] second [formula];
7.6.16
prāṇo me prāṇena dīkṣatām iti tṛtīyām /
"May my breath be consecrated with breath," [with this] third [formula].
7.6.17
madhye prāṇam āha /
He mentions breath in the middle,
7.6.18
madhye hy ayam prāṇaḥ /
for this breath is in the middle.
7.6.19
cakṣur me cakṣuṣā dīkṣatām iti caturthīm / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
"May my sight be consecrated with sight," [with this] fourth [formula];
7.6.20
śrotram me śrotreṇa dīkṣatām iti pañcamīm /
"May my hearing be consecrated with hearing," [with this] fifth [formula].
7.6.21
dīkṣayaty u ha eva etā yāḥ puruṣe devatāḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Thus indeed he consecrates these deities which are in man,
7.6.22
no atiriktā āhutayo hūyanta iti /
and no superfluous offerings are offered."
7.6.23
atha khalu śraddhā eva sakṛd iṣṭasya akṣitiḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Now indeed faith alone is the imperishableness of what is offered once.
7.6.24
sa yaḥ śraddadhāno yajate /
He who sacrifices having faith,
7.6.25
tasya iṣṭam na kṣīyate /
what he has offered does not perish.
7.6.26
āpo akṣitiḥ / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Water is imperishableness—
7.6.27
yā imā eṣu lokeṣu yāś ca imā adhyātmam /
both that which is here in these worlds, and that which is within oneself.
7.6.28
sa yo ammayy akṣitir iti vidvān yajate / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
He who sacrifices knowing, "Imperishableness consists of water,"
7.6.29
tasya iṣṭam na kṣīyate /
what he has offered does not perish.
7.6.30
etām u ha eva tat keśī dārbhyo hiraṇmayāya śakunāya sakṛd iṣṭasya akṣitim provāca / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
This very imperishableness of what is offered once Keśin Dārbhya declared to the golden bird.
7.6.31
apara ahṇe dīkṣate /
He is consecrated in the afternoon.
7.6.32
apara ahṇe ha vā eṣa sarvāṇi bhūtāni saṃvṛṅkte / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
In the afternoon, indeed, this one absorbs all beings;
7.6.33
api ha vā enam rajanā atiyanti /
even the colorings pass over him.
7.6.34
tasmāl lohitāyānn iva astaṃvā iti / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
Therefore, reddening as it were, he sets.
7.6.35
etaṃvā iva ātmānam dīkṣamāṇo abhidīkṣate /
Being consecrated, he is consecrated towards this very self, as it were.
7.6.36
tad yad apara ahṇe dīkṣate /
As to why he is consecrated in the afternoon,
7.6.37
sarveṣām eva kāmānām āptyai / (soma: dīkṣaṇīyeṣṭi)
it is to obtain all desires.
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