Now they say: "Since the pragātha of the invocation of Indra and that to Brahmaṇaspati are neither stotriya nor anurūpa, then why are they recited taking [them] repeatedly, forming a Kakubh?"

15.3.2

Taking [verses] repeatedly, indeed, the Sāman singers chant at the Pavamāna.

15.3.3

The form of that is thereby produced.

15.3.4

"Agni, the leader, like Bhaga of the settlements," and "Thou, Soma, with the seasons, hast become wise," are the two [verses] to Agni and Soma.

15.3.5

Agni and Soma were inside Vṛtra.

15.3.6

Indra was not able to hurl his thunderbolt at him.

15.3.7

They stepped forth to this share,

15.3.8

and that one which belongs to them at the full moon.

15.3.9

Therefore this Marutvatīya recitation is indeed Vṛtra-slaying.

15.3.10

For by this Indra slew Vṛtra.

15.3.11

"The bountiful Maruts cause the waters to swell," is the Pinvanty-apīyā verse.

15.3.12

The waters are indeed the Pinvanty-apīyā.

15.3.13

Now, when Vṛtra was slain, the waters flowed forth.

15.3.14

Because they swelled forth (prāpinvan), therefore [the verse is called] Pinvanty-apīyā.

15.3.15

It is in the Jagatī [metre].

15.3.16

Through it, all the pressings become endowed with the Jagatī.

15.3.17

With 'Born fierce for strength, swift...' [RV 10.73.1], the Marutvatīya [hymn] has [the word] 'born' (jātavat).

15.3.18

Indra was indeed born at that moment when he slew Vṛtra.

15.3.19

And he who sacrifices is indeed born at that moment.

15.3.20

At its first [verse], the adhvaryu responds once with [a formula] containing [the word] 'intoxicating' (madvat).

15.3.21

For here Indra became intoxicated for the first time.

15.4.1

That Marutvatīya hymn is an army-conquering divine hymn.

15.4.2

For by this Indra conquered armies.

15.4.3

In the middle of it he inserts the nivid.

15.4.4

Food is placed in the middle of the body.

15.4.5

Then he recites the nivids.

15.4.6

The nivids are the breath-prāṇas.

15.4.7

Thereby he places the breath-prāṇas in himself.

15.4.8

He recites them word by word, pausing [after each].

15.4.9

One by one, indeed, he thereby places the vital breaths in himself.

15.4.10

With the last [word], he pronounces the syllable oṃ.

15.4.11

Thereby he releases this very breath.

15.4.12

Therefore all vital breaths breathe along after this breath.

15.4.13

Moreover, they also say: 'The nivids are food.'

15.4.14

Therefore he should recite them with pauses.

15.4.15

For without haste, as it were, one eats food according to desire.

15.4.16

Having recited the uktha, he offers with: 'They who strengthened you in the slaying of Ahi, O Maghavan...'

15.4.17

...and with: 'They who [strengthened you] against Śambara, O possessor of bay steeds, they who in the search for cattle...'

15.4.18

With these, indeed, he performed these heroic deeds together.

15.4.19

Together with them is this drinking of soma of his.

15.4.20

It is a Triṣṭubh dedicated to Indra.

15.4.21

For the midday pressing belongs to Indra and has the Triṣṭubh [metre].

15.4.22

He makes the secondary vaṣaṭ-call, for the appeasement of the offerings;

15.4.23

for the establishment of the offerings.

15.4.24

Speech itself is that first Anuṣṭubh.

15.4.25

Five Gāyatrīs follow after it.

15.4.26

The invocation of Indra is the mind; the [hymn] to Bṛhaspati is the ear.

15.4.27

The out-breath, the in-breath, and the circulating breath are the three single verses.

15.4.28

The body is the hymn; that which is inside the body is the nivid.

15.4.29

The concluding verse is the foundation; the offering verse is food.

15.5.1

Now follows the Niṣkevalya recitation.

15.5.2

Many deities are recited before; many after.

15.5.3

Then this [recitation] belongs exclusively to Indra.

15.5.4

That is the exclusivity of the Niṣkevalya.

15.5.5

Now as to the fact that he begins with a Bṛhatī:

15.5.6

he who shines yonder is connected with the Bṛhatī.

15.5.7

Thereby he furnishes him with his own form.

15.5.8

He makes two verses into three by taking up [verses] repeatedly.

15.5.9

That is a symbol of procreation.

15.5.10

For there are two, as it were, at the beginning;

15.5.11

then offspring is produced.

15.5.14

He should make an anurūpa verse corresponding to it.

15.5.15

Indeed, offspring corresponding to him is born, not one unsuited.

15.5.16

He recites the inserted verse.

15.5.17

The inserted verse is the vital breath.

15.5.18

Thereby he places the vital breath in himself.

15.5.19

He recites the pragātha.

15.5.20

The pragātha is cattle.

15.5.21

[It is] for the attainment of cattle.

15.5.22

Moreover, the Bṛhatī pragātha is the out-breath and the in-breath.

15.5.23

Thereby he places the out-breath and the in-breath in himself.

15.5.24

The Niṣkevalya recitation consists of fifteen verses, [beginning]: 'Now I shall proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra.'

15.5.25

The thunderbolt has fifteen parts.

15.5.26

With the thunderbolt he thereby smites the evil of the sacrificer.

15.5.27

He inserts the nivid in the middle of it.

15.5.28

For food is placed in the middle of this body.

15.5.29

Then he recites the nivids.

15.5.30

The nivids are the vital breaths.

15.5.31

Thereby he places the vital breaths in himself.

15.5.32

He recites them word by word, pausing [after each].

15.5.33

One by one, indeed, he thereby places the vital breaths in himself.

15.5.34

With the last [word], he pronounces the syllable oṃ.

15.5.35

Thereby he releases this breath.

15.5.36

Therefore all vital breaths breathe along after this breath.

15.5.37

Moreover, they also say: 'The nivids are food.'

15.5.38

Therefore he should recite them with pauses.

15.5.39

For without haste, as it were, one eats food according to desire.

15.6.1

He should recite the concluding verse in a lower tone.

15.6.2

Thus the wife does not fall away [from him].

15.6.3

[She becomes] more compliant.

15.6.4

Thus the wife becomes, as it were, not arrogant in mind.

15.6.5

The stotriya verse is the self; the anurūpa verse is the offspring.

15.6.6

The dhāyyā verse is the chief wife; the pragātha is the cattle.

15.6.7

The hymn is the self; that which is inside the self is the nivid.

15.6.8

The concluding verse is the firm support; the offering verse is food.

15.6.9

While the Pavamāna [stotra] was being chanted, death lay in ambush for the hotṛ.

15.6.10

He put it down with the Ājya [recitation], other than from the stotriya [verses].

15.6.11

It lay in ambush for him at the first sāman, at the Ājya.

15.6.12

He put it down with the Prauga [recitation], other than from the stotriya [verses].

15.6.13

It lies in ambush for him at the midday Pavamāna.

15.6.14

He put it down with the Marutvatīya [recitation], other than from the stotriya [verses].

15.6.15

Then indeed he begins the Niṣkevalya [recitation] with the stotriya [verses] themselves.

15.6.16

Just as one who has escaped death in a safe place, just so having completely escaped.

15.6.17

Regarding this they say: 'This Niṣkevalya [here] is indeed the Niṣkevalya yonder at the Mahāvrata. Yonder the caturuttara [metres] are recited; how are they obtained here?'