Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.1
English (machine translation) 12.1
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The waters are the sacrifice.
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When they go towards the waters,
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they go towards the sacrifice itself.
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Moreover, the waters are nourishment and sap.
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Thereby they unite the oblation with nourishing sap.
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Moreover, the waters are immortality.
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Thereby he confers immortality upon himself.
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Formerly, indeed, the sacrifice-confounding rakṣases guarded the waters at the ford.
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Then whoever went towards the waters,
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all of them they killed right there.
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Kavaṣa saw this fifteen-verse hymn: 'Forth to the gods let a path go for the holy utterance…'
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He recited it.
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By it he smote away the sacrifice-confounding rakṣases from the fords.
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Thenceforth they return back safely, uninjured.
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Now yonder, in the waters over there, the adhvaryu offers an oblation.
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Just at that [moment], he should recite this [verse] for it:
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