Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.3
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 8.3
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- Sanskrit
8.3.1
hotāram citra ratham adhvarasya yas tvā svaśvaḥ suhiraṇyo agna iti samyājye atithimatyau rathavatyau triṣṭubhāv āgneyyau / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.2
tad yathā catuḥ samṛddham evam ta /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.3
upamānuka u eva enam ratho bhavati ya ete kurute / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.4
iḍā antam bhavati /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.5
abhikrāntyai tad rūpam /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.6
tad yathā upaprayāya svargasya lokasya nedīyastāyām vased evam tat / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.7
upāṃśu haviṣi etā iṣṭayo bhavanti dīkṣaṇīyā prāyaṇīyā ātithyya upasadaḥ / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.8
retaḥ siktir vā etā iṣṭayaḥ /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.9
upāṃśu vai retaḥ sicyate /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.10
utsṛjantaḥ karmāṇi yanti / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.11
patnī samyāja antā dīkṣaṇīyā /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.12
śamyvantā prāyaṇīyā /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.13
iḍā antā ātithyā / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.14
devatā upasatsu pratiyajati /
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.15
utsargam vai prajāpatir etair karmabhiḥ svargaṃl lokam ait / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
8.3.16
tatho eva etad yajamāna utsargam eva etaiḥ karmabhiḥ svargaṃl lokam eti / (soma: aAtithya iṣṭi)
chariot’, and ‘Who thee, of good horses, of good gold, O Agni.’ That is like what is fourfold and complete. The chariot comes to him who uses these two. (The sacrifice) ends with the sacrificial food; that is the symbol of approach; it is as if having advanced one should dwell in the vicinity of the world of heaven. The oblations in these sacrifices, that of consecration, the introductory, the guest offering and the Upasads, are performed inaudibly; these sacrifices are a pouring of seed; inaudibly is seed poured. They proceed, ceasing (the various) rites; the consecration sacrifice ends with the joint sacrifice for the wives with (the gods); the introductory sacrifice ends with the Çaṃyuvāka; the guest reception with the sacrificial food; in the Upasads he sacrifices to the gods. Ceasing with these rites Prajāpati went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificer ceasing with these rites proceeds to the world of heaven.
Translations (2)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation