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They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.16) ā bhāty agnir uṣasām anīkam ity apara ahṇe / > In the afternoon: 'Agni shines forth, the forefront of the dawns...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.17) traiṣṭubhe pañcarce tac cakṣuḥ / (soma: pravargya) > These are two Triṣṭubh hymns of five verses; that is sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.18) iḍe dyāvā pṛthivī pūrva cittaya iti jāgatam pañcaviṃśam tat śrotram / (soma: pravargya) > \[The hymn:\] 'I praise Heaven and Earth for first thought...', in Jagatī metre, consisting of twenty-five verses, is hearing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.19) śiro vā etat / > This is the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.20) tad vai śiraḥ samṛddham yasmin prāṇo vāk cakṣuḥ śrotram iti / (soma: pravargya) > That head is complete in which there are breath, speech, sight, and hearing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.21) tān eva asmiṃs tad dadhāti / > Thus he establishes these in it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.24) rucito gharma ity ukte arūrucad uṣasaḥ pṛśnir agniya iti rucitavatīm abhirūpām abhiṣṭauti / (soma: pravargya) > When 'The gharma has shone' is said, he praises with the appropriate \[verse\] containing the word 'shone': 'The dappled bull has made the dawns shine, Agni...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.25) yad yajñe abhirūpam tat samṛddham yajñasya eva samṛddhyai / > What is appropriate in the sacrifice is complete, for the completeness of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [8.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7.26) tā eka śata ṛco bhavanti tāsām uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: pravargya) > There are one hundred and one verses; their brāhmaṇa has been explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given. In that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. In that he pays reverence with the ‘opening’ verses, and the openings are the breaths, verily thus he places the breaths in himself. In that he touches the waters, and the waters are healing and medicine, verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced. The latter set are thirty-three; all the deities are thirty-three; they should support that; from them is all that taken out. > — 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.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.8.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.5.9.26) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.2.4.3.13) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.4.12.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.7) · Pramāṇa