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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 14.1

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14.1.1

Now next [follows] the Ājya [recitation].

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By means of the Ājya the gods obtained all desires, all immortality.

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In the very same way the sacrificer, by means of the Ājya, obtains all desires, all immortality.

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This Ājya is sixfold:

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the silent muttering, the silent recitation, the puroruk, the hymn, the virility of the uktha, [and] the offering verse.

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The year has six seasons, is sixfold.

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By means of this sixfold Ājya the gods attained the six-seasoned year, the sixfold.

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Through the year [they attained] all desires, all immortality.

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In the very same way the sacrificer, by means of this sixfold Ājya, attains the six-seasoned year, the sixfold.

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Through the year [he attains] all desires, all immortality.

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Now, that he mutters the silent muttering at the beginning:

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the heavenly world is the sacrifice.

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That he mutters the silent muttering at the beginning,

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he thereby creates safe passage for the attainment of the heavenly world.

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Then he recites this silent recitation in a whisper,

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for the attainment of all desires.

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[Saying:] 'Agni is light, light is Agni'—

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thereby he attains this world among the worlds,

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[and] the morning pressing of the sacrifice.

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[Saying:] 'Indra is light, light is Indra'—

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thereby he attains the atmosphere-world among the worlds,

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[and] the midday pressing of the sacrifice.

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[Saying:] 'Sūrya is light, light is Sūrya'—

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thereby he attains that yonder world among the worlds,

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[and] the third pressing of the sacrifice.

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Now indeed, the nivid is he that shines yonder [the sun],

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