Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.10
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 8.10
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8.10.1
anavānam anubrūyāt prāṇānām saṃtatyai /
He should recite without taking breath, for the continuity of the vital breaths.
8.10.2
saṃtatā iva hi ime prāṇāḥ / (soma: upasadah)
For these vital breaths are continuous, as it were.
8.10.3
tris trir eka ekām anvāha /
He recites each one three times.
8.10.4
trayo vā ime lokāḥ /
For these worlds are three.
8.10.5
imān eva tal lokān āpnoti / (soma: upasadah)
He thereby wins these worlds.
8.10.6
tāḥ samanūktā nava sampadyante /
Recited together, they amount to nine.
8.10.7
ṣaḍ vā ṛtavas traya ime lokāḥ / (soma: upasadah)
The seasons are six, and these worlds are three;
8.10.8
etad eva tad abhisampadyante /
to that very [number] they amount.
8.10.9
na etam nigadam brūyād ya eṣa sāmidhenīṣu / (soma: upasadah)
He should not utter that sacrificial formula which is in the kindling verses;
8.10.10
utsṛjyante ha nigadāḥ /
for the sacrificial formulas are omitted.
8.10.11
jāmi ha syād ya etam nigadam brūyāt / (soma: upasadah)
It would be redundant if he were to utter this formula.
8.10.12
na āvāhayec cana iti ha eka āhuḥ /
"He should not even invoke [the gods]," some say;
8.10.13
kim u devatām anvāvāhya jayed iti / (soma: upasadah)
"for what deity could he win by invoking them in succession?"
8.10.14
ṛca eva āvāhayet /
He should invoke with the verses themselves:
8.10.15
agnim āvaha somam āvaha viṣṇum āvaha iti / (soma: upasadah)
"Bring Agni hither, bring Soma hither, bring Viṣṇu hither."
8.10.16
tā vai tisro devatā yajati /
He sacrifices to those three deities.
8.10.17
trayo vā ime lokāḥ /
Three, indeed, are these worlds.
8.10.18
imān eva tal lokān jyotiṣmataḥ karoti / (soma: upasadah)
He thereby makes these worlds full of light.
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