Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 10.1
English (machine translation) 10.1
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10.1.1
This sacrificial post is indeed a thunderbolt.
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As to why they erect the sacrificial post on the preparation day,
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with that thunderbolt they strike away the evil of the sacrificer.
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It should not be bent backwards, as it were.
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That is the form of a hungry person,
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bent inwards, as it were, with the belly.
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Rather, it should be turned toward the Āhavanīya fire.
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That is the form of one who is well-fed.
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Whoever makes a sacrificial post of such a form, his wives do not hunger.
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One who desires spiritual splendor should make it of palāśa wood.
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One who desires food-eating [should make it] of bilva wood.
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One who desires heaven [should make it] of khadira wood.
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It should be three cubits [long], in the form of the worlds.
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[It should be] four cubits, in the form of cattle.
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[It should be] five cubits, in the form of the Paṅkti.
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[It should be] six cubits, in the form of the seasons.
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[It should be] seven cubits, in the form of the meters.
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[It should be] eight cubits, in the form of the Gāyatrī.
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[It should be] nine cubits, in the form of the Bṛhatī.
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[It should be] ten cubits, in the form of the Virāj.
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[It should be] eleven cubits, in the form of the Triṣṭubh.
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[It should be] twelve cubits, in the form of the Jagatī.
Translations (1)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit