Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.5
English (machine translation) 11.5
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The praṇava should be pure for those who desire offspring;
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ending in the sound m for those who desire a firm foundation.
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Now some say: 'The praṇava should end in the sound m.'
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However, it is settled that [it is] pure.
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The praṇava has been investigated [thus]:
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now then, here [it is] pure, here complete.
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Kauṣītaki used to say: 'The praṇava should be pure between the recitation and the repeated recitation.'
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Thus it becomes continuous.
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Ending in 'm' is for the purpose of a pause.
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For a pause is a firm foundation, for the sake of a firm foundation indeed,
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and also for the attainment of both desires.
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These indeed are metre-currents: they carry a lower metre across to a higher metre.
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There is no distress for him who is carried across from metre to metre by a metre.
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Passing beyond indeed, whomsoever he might hate,
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him he should, as it were, pierce with his mind in the clefts of the metres.
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He used to say: 'He either flees or goes to ruin.'
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He recites the last [verses] of the rites, having identical endings, composed in Paṅkti.
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The end is sap.
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Metres are cattle.
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Thereby the metres return toward the sap.
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Indeed, cattle return, as it were;
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