Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.7
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11.7.1
He recites thrice-seven metres of the rites.
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That makes twenty-one.
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The twenty-one-fold catuṣṭoma is the highest among the stomas.
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Thereby he attains the highest stoma.
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And also because there are twenty-one:
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twelve months, five seasons, these three worlds,
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[and] yonder sun is the twenty-first.
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By this he elevates the sacrificer into having the same world with him.
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Now they say: 'Whereas these are the kindling verses of the oblation sacrifice or of the animal [sacrifice], which are those of the Soma sacrifice?'
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He should say: 'The prātar-anuvāka.'
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By syllables indeed one seeks to attain the year in the other [sacrifices];
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here, by verses.
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He should recite a measure of a hundred.
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A hundred years indeed is a man's life.
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He thereby places life in him.
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He should recite a hundred and twenty.
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A hundred and twenty are the days of a season.
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Thereby he attains the season,
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through the season, the year,
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and whatever desires are in the year.
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He should recite three hundred and sixty.
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Three hundred and sixty are the days of the year.
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Thereby he obtains the days of the year.
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He should recite seven hundred and twenty [verses].
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Seven hundred and twenty are the days and nights of the year.
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Thereby he obtains the days and nights of the year.
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