Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 10.9
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10.9.1
Then he recites the Manotā hymn.
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All the deities indeed assemble around the animal when it is being slaughtered, [thinking,] "He will take my name! He will take my name!"
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The minds of all of them are woven into the animal.
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Them he pleases here.
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Thus indeed their coming together becomes not in vain.
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Regarding this they say: "Since animals are slaughtered for various deities, why then does he recite [a hymn] addressed to Agni alone?"
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Three indeed are the Manotās of the gods.
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Agni indeed is the Manotā of the gods;
10.9.9
for in him their minds are woven.
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Moreover, speech indeed is the Manotā of the gods;
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for in it their minds are woven.
10.9.12
Moreover, the cow indeed is the Manotā of the gods;
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for in it their minds are woven.
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Agni is all the Manotās.
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In Agni the Manotās unite.
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"Therefore he recites [a hymn] addressed to Agni alone," [the reply is].
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They are indeed thirteen.
10.9.18
Thirteen indeed are the portions of the animal [victim].
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[Reciting] the first three times and the last three times, they amount to seventeen.
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Prajāpati is seventeenfold.
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Successful indeed is that rite which is commensurate with Prajāpati.
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He recites seventeen kindling verses.
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Prajāpati is seventeenfold.
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Successful indeed is that rite which is commensurate with Prajāpati.
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Now, where an animal is seized,
10.9.26
there Vanaspati is unmovable.
10.9.27
Agni indeed is Vanaspati.
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He indeed cooks the oblation for the gods.
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