Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.3
English (machine translation) 12.3
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The morning recitation had been recited;
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the recitations had not yet been reached.
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At this junction the asuras approached them.
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The gods, becoming aware and being afraid, saw this threefold complete thunderbolt.
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'Waters'—that is the first form of the thunderbolt.
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'Sarasvatī'—that is the second form of the thunderbolt.
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It consists of fifteen verses;
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that is the third form of the thunderbolt.
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By this threefold complete thunderbolt the gods drove away the asuras from these worlds.
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In this very way the sacrificer drives away his hostile rivals from these worlds by this threefold complete thunderbolt.
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The middle [seers] sat for a sacrificial session on the Sarasvatī.
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Kavaṣa also sat down in their midst.
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They reproached him:
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'You are the son of a maidservant; we will not consume [the Soma] with you.'
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He, enraged, running forth, praised Sarasvatī with this hymn.
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She followed after him.
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Then they considered themselves as if sin-laden.
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Running after him, they said:
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'O seer, homage be to you! Do not forsake us!
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You are indeed our best,
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whom she follows after.'
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They appeased him;
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they dispelled his anger.
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This is the greatness of Kavaṣa, and he is the discoverer of the hymn.
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