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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 14.7

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14.7.1

These indeed are seven triplets.

14.7.2

Seven indeed are the meters.

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[It is] for the attainment of all the meters.

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Moreover, by these the gods wrested the seven heptads of the asuras.

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In the very same way, by these the sacrificer wrests the seven heptads of his spiteful enemy.

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In the beginning, the morning pressing belonged to Agni;

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the midday pressing belonged to Indra;

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the third pressing belonged to the All-Gods.

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Agni desired:

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'May I have a share in the midday pressing and also in the third pressing.'

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Indra desired:

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'May I have a share in the morning pressing and also in the third pressing.'

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The All-Gods desired:

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'May we have a share in the midday pressing and also in the morning pressing.'

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These deities, directed hither from yonder, linked up forward from the third pressing to the morning pressing.

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Because they linked up forward (abhiprāyuñjata),

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that is the nature of the prauga recitation as prauga.

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Therefore many deities are recited in the prauga recitation.

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Therefore all the pressings belong to all the deities.

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Having recited the uktha with 'With the All-Gods, the soma mead...', he makes the offering with [verses] addressed to the All-Gods.

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For this uktha belongs to the All-Gods.

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With the Gāyatrī [he recites, for] the morning pressing is connected with the Gāyatrī.

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He should indeed utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call, he should indeed utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.

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