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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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.8.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.8.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.3.1-16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.3.1-16) · Pramāṇa