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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 1.5

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1.5.1

The offering verses and invitatory verses are verse-paṅktis.

1.5.2

The Paṅkti has five feet.

1.5.3

The sacrifice is fivefold, [and this is] for the attainment of the sacrifice.

1.5.4

They are interwoven.

1.5.5

For these vital breaths, as it were interwoven, support the self.

1.5.6

The whole [rite], along with the kindling verses, is performed in a whisper up to the first two after-offerings.

1.5.7

For up to this point the case-forms are strung along.

1.5.8

Moreover, all desires are in the case-forms.

1.5.9

Therefore they are in a whisper,

1.5.10

for the attainment of all desires.

1.5.11

He offers with the final after-offering aloud.

1.5.12

[He recites] aloud the Sūktavāka and the Śaṁyuvāka.

1.5.13

Just as one would make known what was lost, [saying,] 'I have found it,'

1.5.14

so he makes the desires manifest, [saying,] 'I have obtained [them].'

1.5.15

Some perform three [elements] in a whisper: the vibhaktis, the second butter portion, and the oblation.

1.5.16

'For so much is adventitious,' [they say].

1.5.17

It is, indeed, whispered [and] distinctly uttered.

1.5.18

For twofold was form in the beginning: distinctly uttered and indistinctly uttered.

1.5.19

By that he obtains that very [form] of it.

1.5.20

Some make it entirely dedicated to Agni.

1.5.21

One should not do so.

1.5.22

For it, a re-stitched worn garment, a repaired cart, an ox, or gold is the sacrificial fee.

1.5.23

For this is a repeated rite.

1.5.24

The second [oblation] is to Aditi.

1.5.25

Aditi is indeed a firm foundation;

1.5.26

[it is] for a firm foundation, for a firm foundation.

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