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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.8

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7.8

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7.8.1

atha abravīd aditiḥ /

Then Aditi said:

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7.8.2

mahyam ekām anna āhutim juhuta aham ekām diśam prajñāsyāmi iti / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

"Offer me one oblation of food; I will discern one quarter."

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7.8.3

tasyā ajuhavuḥ /

They offered to her.

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7.8.4

sā ūrdhvām diśam prājānāt /

She discerned the upward quarter.

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7.8.5

iyam vā aditiḥ / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

This [earth] is indeed Aditi.

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7.8.6

tasmād asyām ūrdhvā oṣadhaya ūrdhvā vanaspataya ūrdhvā manuṣyā uttiṣṭhanti / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

Therefore on her herbs stand upright, trees stand upright, human beings stand upright.

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7.8.7

ūrdhvo agnir dīpyate /

Agni blazes upward.

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7.8.8

yad asyām kiṃca ūrdhvam eva tad āyattam / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

Whatever is on her, that is turned upward.

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7.8.9

eṣā hi tasyai dik prajñātā /

For this is her recognized quarter.

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7.8.10

evam vai devāḥ prāyaṇīyena svargaṃl lokam prājānat / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

Thus indeed the gods discerned the heavenly world by means of the introductory [sacrifice].

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7.8.11

tatho eva etad yajamāna evam eva prāyaṇīyena eva svargaṃl lokam prajānāti / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

Just so the sacrificer likewise discerns the heavenly world by means of the introductory [sacrifice].

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7.8.12

te same syātām prāyaṇīya udayanīye /

The two—the introductory and the concluding [sacrifices]—should be equal.

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7.8.13

deva ratho vā eṣa yad yajñaḥ / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

This sacrifice is indeed a chariot of the gods.

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7.8.14

tasya ete pakṣasī yat prāyaṇīya udayanīye /

Its two side-panels are the introductory and the concluding [sacrifices].

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7.8.15

te yaḥ same kurute / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

He who makes them equal,

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7.8.16

yathā ubhayataḥ pakṣasā rathena ugra vāhaṇena dhāvayann adhvānam yatra akūtam samaśnuvīta / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

just as driving along the course in a chariot having both side-panels and powerful draft-animals, one would attain where one intended,

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7.8.17

evam sa svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute /

so he safely attains the heavenly world.

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7.8.18

atha yo viṣame kurute / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

Now he who makes them unequal,

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7.8.19

yathā anyatarataḥ pakṣasā rathena ugra vāhaṇena dhāvayann adhvānam yatra akūtam na samaśnuvīta / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

just as driving along the course in a chariot having a side-panel on one side only and powerful draft-animals, one would not attain where one intended,

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7.8.20

evam sa na svasti svargaṃl lokam samaśnute /

so he does not safely attain the heavenly world.

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7.8.21

tasmāt same eva syātām prāyaṇīya udayanīye / (soma: prāyaṇīyeṣṭi)

Therefore the introductory and concluding [sacrifices] should indeed be equal.

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