Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.6
English (machine translation) 11.6
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they delight in good pasture.
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When recited twice, that [Virāj] lacks one [syllable];
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when recited thrice, it is precisely a Virāj;
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by one [syllable], it exceeds the Virāj.
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Three, indeed, are the desires in the sacrifice:
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that which is in the exact, that which is in the deficient, that which is in the excessive.
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What in the sacrifice is exact leads to heaven;
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what is deficient is food and eating of food;
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what is excessive is for the generation of offspring.
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Thereby the sacrificer obtains all desires right here.
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With [a verse] containing a blessing—'This bright animal has appeared'—he concludes.
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Thereby he expresses a blessing for cattle.
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Thus cattle do not depart from the sacrificer.
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At it, he releases speech.
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Thereby he announces him to the gods, [saying,] 'He has been born.'
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For he is born here.
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He repeats the two-verse hymn: 'Through this, may we win the god-given prize.'
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These metres increasing by four are cattle;
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the two-verse hymn has the sacrificer as its metre.
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Thereby he places the sacrificer in dominion over cattle.
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For man stands, as it were, over cattle.
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