Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.12

8.12.1

dvādaśo ha vā antar uṣyāt svargo lokaḥ /

The heavenly world is, indeed, twelve days away from one who dwells within [the realm of men].

8.12.2

sa yaḥ sakṛd abhyunnayate / (soma: upasadah)

He who increases [by one teat] once,

8.12.3

yathā eka rātram sārthān proṣitān anupreyād evam tat /

that is just as if one were to follow after a caravan that has departed for one night;

8.12.4

yo dvitīyam / (soma: upasadah)

he who [increases] a second time,

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.5

yathā dvi rātram evam tat /

that is just as [if it had departed for] two nights;

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.6

hīyate tṛtīyena /

with a third, he is left behind;

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.7

svargāṃl lokān na anvaśnute /

he does not attain the heavenly worlds.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.8

apy anugacched iti ha sma āha paiṅgyaḥ / (soma: upasadah)

"He might even follow after," Paiṅgya used to say,

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.9

na tv eva abhyunnayeta /

"yet he should not increase [the teats].

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.10

yatra eva kāmayeta /

Wherever he might desire,

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.11

tat pūrvo gatvā svargasya eva lokasya avasyed iti / (soma: upasadah)

having gone thither first, he should settle in the heavenly world."

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.12

samāptiḥ śreyasī iti ha sma āha kaṣītakiḥ /

"Completion is better," Kauṣītaki used to say.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.13

saṃrājo bhakṣo asmai dadhy ānayeyur na vrate / (soma: upasadah)

They should bring curd for him as the portion of the sovereign, not for the vow-drink.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.14

somo vai dadhi /

Curd is Soma.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.15

anantarhitau ha asya bhakṣo bhavati samāpnoti / (soma: upasadah)

His portion becomes uninterrupted; he attains [everything].

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.16

uta yadi saṃkrīṇīyuḥ /

And if they buy together [i.e., condense the days],

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.17

yā madhyama upasat /

whichever is the middle Upasad,

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.18

tayā dvyaham anyatare careyuḥ / (soma: upasadah)

with that, either of the two [parties] should perform for two days.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.19

āvapanam hi sā /

For it is an insertion,

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.20

idam antarikṣa loka āyatanena /

by virtue of the abode of this intermediate world.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.

8.12.21

atha asamaram abhyudaity atha asamaram abhyudaiti / (soma: upasadah)

Then he ascends without conflict; then he ascends without conflict.

night before. If he takes out twice, it is as if the time were two nights; through a third (taking) he loses the world of heaven, he cannot attain it. ‘He may however follow,’ used to say Paiṅgya. ‘But he should not take out; wherever he wishes, there first should he go in the world of heaven and stop: such a completion is better,’ used Kauṣītaki to say. In the case of (need of) eating his compeers may bring curds for him, but not in the time of the fast food; curds is Soma; his food becomes unobstructed; he obtains it. If they purchase (the Soma) together, the others should proceed for two days with the middle Upasad, for it is an insertion, being in position the world of the atmosphere: so without conflict he proceeds.