Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.1
English (machine translation) 13.1
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Prajāpati indeed is the sacrifice.
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In it are all desires, all immortality.
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Its guardians are these dhiṣṇya hearths.
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About to glide into the sadas, he pays homage to them, saying: 'Homage, homage!'
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For the gods do not pass over homage.
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Honored with homage, they release the hotṛ to pass beyond.
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He enters upon this Prajāpati, the sacrifice.
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Then right here the sacrificer attains all desires, all immortality.
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Then they proceed with the haviṣpaṅkti.
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The haviṣpaṅkti indeed is cattle.
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Just for the attainment of cattle.
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There are indeed five oblation-materials:
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curds, parched grains, barley-groats, cake, and curdled milk.
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The paṅkti has five feet.
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Fivefold is the sacrifice.
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Fivefold are cattle.
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Fivefold is man.
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For the attainment of the sacrifice and of cattle.
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This [offering] is poured out just to encompass cattle,
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and also to intensify the pressings.
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Moreover, the haviṣpaṅkti is breath itself.
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Therefore, with whatever [verse] the maitrāvaruṇa prompts, with that the hotṛ sacrifices.
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For this breath is one and the same.
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