Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.2
English (machine translation) 11.2
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Now, the Paṅkti has five quarters; how does it become recited half-verse by half-verse?
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The sacred syllable [oṃ] is the third of the latter two [quarters].
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Thus it becomes recited half-verse by half-verse.
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He recites the section to Agni;
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thereby he obtains this world.
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He recites the [section] to Uṣas;
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thereby he obtains the world of the intermediate space.
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He recites the [section] to the Aśvins;
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thereby he obtains that world.
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He recites in Gāyatrī.
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The Gāyatrī is the mouth.
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He recites in Anuṣṭubh.
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Speech is the Anuṣṭubh.
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Thus he places speech in the mouth.
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For with the mouth one speaks speech.
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He recites in Triṣṭubh.
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The Triṣṭubh is strength and virility.
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He recites the Bṛhatī.
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The Bṛhatī is indeed cattle and horses.
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He recites the Uṣṇih.
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The Uṣṇih is indeed goats and sheep.
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He recites the Jagatī.
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The Jagatī is power and virility.
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The Triṣṭubh is power and virility in front;
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the Jagatī is power and virility behind.
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In the middle are the cattle belonging to the Bṛhatī and the Uṣṇih.
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Thus, enclosing cattle on both sides with power and virility, he places them in the sacrificer.
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So cattle do not run away from the sacrificer.
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Now, just as in this world human beings eat cattle,
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just as they make use of them,
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even so in yonder world cattle eat human beings,
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even so they make use of them.
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He who secures them here through the morning litany—
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secured here, they do not eat him in yonder world,
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nor do they make use of him in return.
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Just as he eats them in this world,
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just as he makes use of them,
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even so he eats them in yonder world.
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Just as he eats them in this world,
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just as he makes use of them,
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even so he eats them in yonder world,
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even so he makes use of them.
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He recites the Paṅkti.
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The Paṅkti is a firm foundation.
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Thereby he firmly establishes the sacrificer in all beings.
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