Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 9.4

9.4.1

pari tvā girvaṇo gira iti parivatyā paridadhāti /

With [the verse] containing the word "around", "Around thee, O lover of praise, songs...", he concludes.

9.4.2

abhirūpā anvāha / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

He recites [verses] that are fitting.

9.4.3

yad yajñe abhirūpam tat samṛddham yajñasya eva samṛddhyai /

What is fitting in the sacrifice is prosperous, for the prosperity of the sacrifice.

9.4.4

tā vā aṣṭau bhavanti / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

They indeed are eight [verses].

9.4.5

etābhir vai devāḥ sarvā aṣṭīr āśnuvata /

By these indeed the gods attained all attainments.

9.4.6

tatho eva etad yajamāna etābhir eva sarvā aṣṭīr aśnute / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Just so the sacrificer attains all attainments by these alone.

9.4.7

triḥ prathamayā trir uttamayā dvādaśa sampadyante /

[Reciting] thrice the first and thrice the last, they become twelve.

9.4.8

dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Twelve indeed are the months, the year.

9.4.9

saṃvatsarasya eva āptyai /

[This is] just to attain the year.

9.4.10

yad v eva triḥ prathamām trir uttamām /

As to why [he recites] thrice the first and thrice the last,

9.4.11

yajñasya eva tad barsau nahyati sthemne avisraṃsāya / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

he ties the two borders of the sacrifice, for firmness, for non-loosening.

9.4.12

tad u hotāram abhibhāṣante yathā hotar abhayam asat tathā kurv iti / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Then they address the hotṛ: "Hotṛ, act so that there may be safety."

9.4.13

sampreṣitaḥ purarcaḥ pratipadanād dakṣiṇasya pādasya prapadena pratyañcaṃl lokam apāsyati / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Being instructed, before the recitation of the verse, he kicks away the western world with the front of his right foot,

9.4.14

apeto janyam.(?).bhayam anya janyam ca vṛtrahan /

"Driven away is fear from our own kin, and fear from others, O Vṛtra-slayer!

‘From hence the fear from men and from others than men, O Vṛtra slayer.
Away the wheels have rolled’;

9.4.15

apa cakrā avṛtsata iti / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Away have the wheels rolled."

‘From hence the fear from men and from others than men, O Vṛtra slayer.
Away the wheels have rolled’;

9.4.16

ata u ha cakrāṇām abhyācāraḥ /

For from there is the movement of the wheels.

Hence is there risk from the wheels; thus for this region there is freedom from fear. He should resort to the left track of the right

9.4.17

tata u ha tasmā ardhāya abhayam bhavati / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Then safety arises for that direction.

Hence is there risk from the wheels; thus for this region there is freedom from fear. He should resort to the left track of the right

9.4.18

sa prān yan dakṣiṇasya havir dhānasya uttaram vartma upaniśrayīta / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Going eastwards, he should lean against the northern track of the southern Havirdhāna cart.

Hence is there risk from the wheels; thus for this region there is freedom from fear. He should resort to the left track of the right

9.4.19

ayam vai loko dakṣiṇam havir dhānam /

This world indeed is the southern Havirdhāna cart.

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.20

pratiṣṭhā vā ayaṃl lokaḥ / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

A support indeed is this world.

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.21

pratiṣṭhāyā anucchinno ayāni iti /

[He thinks,] "May I go unsevered from support."

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.22

yatra tiṣṭhan paridadhyāt / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Standing where he might conclude,

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.26

cyoṣyata iti tathā ha syāt /

he would fall away; so it would be.

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.27

tasmāt paridhāya dakṣiṇam bāhum anvāvṛtya vācam yamo yathetam.(?).pratyetya / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

Therefore, having concluded, turning towards his right arm, restraining his speech, returning as he came,

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.28

yatra prathāam tiṣṭhann anvavocat /

where he first stood and recited,

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.29

tat sthitvā atra ca agni praharaṇe ca /

standing there and during the casting of the fire [into the cātvāla],

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.

9.4.30

atha yathā āvasatham abhyupeyāt / (soma: havir dhāna pravartana)

then he should approach his abode.

oblation holder, which is facing east, (thinking) ‘The right oblation holder is this world; this world is a support; let me be unmoved in going on this support.’ He should not move to right or left from the place where he stands as he says the final verse. If he should move from it to right or left, and if some one were to say of him, ‘He shall fall away’, so would it be. After concluding, having wheeled round on his right arm, keeping silence, have gone as he came, having stood where standing he has uttered the first (verse), both in the rite and in the taking forth of the fires, he should go to his place.