Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.8
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He should recite a thousand.
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For whatever is a thousand is everything.
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The morning recitation is everything.
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Thereby he obtains everything through everything, who knows thus.
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And Kauṣītaki used to say regarding this:
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'Prajāpati is the morning recitation;
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and Prajāpati is unlimited;
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who could measure him?'
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This indeed is the established rule.
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Regarding this they say: 'Since the ukthas are recited in the sadas, then why does he recite the morning recitation between the two Havirdhāna carts?'
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The two Havirdhāna carts are the head of the sacrifice.
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Speech is the morning recitation.
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Thus he completes the head with speech.
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The sadas is the belly.
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The ukthas are food.
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And food belongs to the belly.
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Just as a cart is [filled], so is the sacrifice in correspondence [to it].
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As grain is, so is the morning recitation.
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As dishes are, so are the ukthas.
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If he recites too little,
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just as dishes would collide when grain is scarce,
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so his ukthas collide.
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Following the collision of the ukthas, misfortune is liable to overtake the sacrificer.
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Therefore indeed they say: 'He should recite much.'
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Thereby he strengthens the ukthas,
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[thinking,] 'May the blessing of the successful sacrifice be fulfilled for me.'
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The blessing of the successful sacrifice belongs to the sacrificer.
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