Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 15.5
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Now follows the Niṣkevalya recitation.
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Many deities are recited before; many after.
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Then this [recitation] belongs exclusively to Indra.
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That is the exclusivity of the Niṣkevalya.
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Now as to the fact that he begins with a Bṛhatī:
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he who shines yonder is connected with the Bṛhatī.
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Thereby he furnishes him with his own form.
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He makes two verses into three by taking up [verses] repeatedly.
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That is a symbol of procreation.
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For there are two, as it were, at the beginning;
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then offspring is produced.
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He should make an anurūpa verse corresponding to it.
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Indeed, offspring corresponding to him is born, not one unsuited.
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He recites the inserted verse.
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The inserted verse is the vital breath.
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Thereby he places the vital breath in himself.
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He recites the pragātha.
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The pragātha is cattle.
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[It is] for the attainment of cattle.
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Moreover, the Bṛhatī pragātha is the out-breath and the in-breath.
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Thereby he places the out-breath and the in-breath in himself.
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The Niṣkevalya recitation consists of fifteen verses, [beginning]: 'Now I shall proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra.'
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The thunderbolt has fifteen parts.
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With the thunderbolt he thereby smites the evil of the sacrificer.
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He inserts the nivid in the middle of it.
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For food is placed in the middle of this body.
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Then he recites the nivids.
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The nivids are the vital breaths.
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Thereby he places the vital breaths in himself.
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He recites them word by word, pausing [after each].
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One by one, indeed, he thereby places the vital breaths in himself.
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With the last [word], he pronounces the syllable oṃ.
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Thereby he releases this breath.
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Therefore all vital breaths breathe along after this breath.
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Moreover, they also say: 'The nivids are food.'
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Therefore he should recite them with pauses.
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For without haste, as it were, one eats food according to desire.
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