Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.2
English (machine translation) 12.2
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'Quicken our sacrifice through worship of the gods…'
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This is its offering verse, appropriate [with the words] 'through worship of the gods.'
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[He recites] 'Returning now with a double stream…' when they have turned back;
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'When the approaching waters were beheld…' when they have been sighted;
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'Some go together, others approach…' when they are coming together;
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'The divine waters approach the cup of the hotṛ…' when they are being poured into the cup of the hotṛ;
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'The milch cows with milk, of swift purpose…'
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The milch cows are indeed the waters,
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for the waters gladden all this [world].
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Then the adhvaryu turns towards the hotṛ and stands.
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The hotṛ asks him: 'Adhvaryu, have you obtained the waters?'
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'Have you obtained the sacrifice?'—that is just what he says to him.
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'And they have bowed down to this one,' he replies.
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'We have found that which we sought of him; they have bowed down to him'—that is just what he says to him.
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Having been answered, the hotṛ enters upon this nigada formula.
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The nigada formula is vigor, sap.
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Through the nigada formula he places vigor and sap right into the offering.
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'The mothers go along the paths…' [he recites].
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The mothers are indeed the waters;
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he praises the waters as they go.
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'These wealthy ones have come, rich in life…' [he recites] when they have arrived.
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With [the verse] indicating arrival, 'The waters, desiring, have come here to the sacrificial grass,' he concludes.
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He recites appropriate [verses];
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what in the sacrifice is appropriate is complete, for the completeness of the sacrifice.
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