Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.4
English (machine translation) 11.4
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in the [sections] addressed to Agni, to Uṣas, and to the Aśvins, the first exclamation is the form of Agni,
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and the following one is [the form] of yonder Āditya.
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Now, between these two different metres there is, as it were, a pit.
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These two deities are the strongest, unhurt, and uninjured;
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he begins with them.
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He should ascend with the same hymn;
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that […] is the form of copper, leading to heaven.
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Or where [the verses] belong to the same seer,
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he should transition there without taking breath.
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Breath is immortality;
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by immortality he crosses over that death.
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Just as one would cross a pit by means of a bamboo pole or a bridge, even so is that.
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He transitions with the praṇava.
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The praṇava is the Brahman;
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with the Brahman he thus connects the Brahman.
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- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit