Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.2
English (machine translation) 13.2
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13.2.1
Regarding this they say: 'The verse with which one sacrifices in the morning becomes spent for that day; why then is this one unspent at all the pressings?'
13.2.2
[It is] because he proceeds extending it through the pressings.
13.2.5
With 'at every morning-pressing...' [he sacrifices] at the third pressing.
13.2.6
Thereby it is unspent.
13.2.7
Regarding this they say: 'Why is there curdled milk only in the morning, and not at the midday [pressing] nor at the third pressing?'
13.2.8
The maitrāvaruṇa indeed is the sacrifice.
13.2.9
It is here that the sacrifice is born, when at the morning pressing.
13.2.10
A young child indeed is an enjoyer of milk.
13.2.11
Just as one would offer the breast to a newborn, so is that.
13.2.12
At the two later pressings, it has grown.
13.2.13
When it grows,
13.2.14
then it has surpassed the breast.
13.2.15
Therefore, the curdled milk offering is only in the morning, not at the midday, not at the third pressing.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit