Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16
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- 16.1 — 17 parts
- 16.2 — 35 parts
- 16.3 — 41 parts
- 16.4 — 30 parts
- 16.5 — 35 parts
- 16.6 — 15 parts
- 16.7 — 25 parts
- 16.8 — 41 parts
- 16.9 — 23 parts
- 16.10 — 35 parts
16.1.1
The morning pressing belongs to the Vasus.
16.1.2
The midday pressing belongs to the Rudras.
16.1.3
The third pressing belongs to the Ādityas.
16.1.4
In that he begins the third pressing with the Āditya draught,
16.1.5
he begins it with its own deity.
16.1.6
Moreover, this pressing, namely the third pressing, is devoid of sap.
16.1.7
Now this draught, namely the Āditya draught, possesses sap.
16.1.8
By it he makes that third pressing possess sap.
16.1.9
Having recited a Triṣṭubh verse as the invitatory verse of the Āditya draught, he offers with a Triṣṭubh verse.
16.1.10
Triṣṭubh is strength and virility.
16.1.11
Thereby he places strength and virility in the sacrificer.
16.1.12
For it, he does not utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.
16.1.13
The draught for the Ādityas is indeed the continuation of the pressing; the secondary vaṣaṭ-call is the conclusion.
16.1.14
[He does so thinking:] 'Lest I bring the pressing to a conclusion before its time.'
16.1.15
The offering verse contains the word mad ('sweet'); for the third pressing contains the word mad.
16.1.16
Then, when the Pavamāna [hymn] has been chanted, they proceed with the animal [sacrifice]; the ritual explanation of it has been stated.
16.1.17
Then they proceed with the fivefold oblation; the ritual explanation of it has been stated.
16.2.1
He recites verses to Indra and the Ṛbhus for those [cups] being drawn up at the third pressing.
16.2.2
When the Ṛbhus attained the love of Prajāpati,
16.2.3
then Indra admitted them to a share in the drinking of soma.
16.2.4
Therefore, they do not chant on verses addressed to the Ṛbhus,
16.2.5
yet they call it the Ārbhava Pavamāna.
16.2.6
With a verse addressed to Indra and the Ṛbhus, he offers for the cups set out at the third pressing.
16.2.7
Thereby he makes Indra share in half of the pressing.
16.2.8
[He offers] with a Jagatī; for the third pressing belongs to the Jagatī.
16.2.9
[He offers] with a verse containing the word mad; for the third pressing contains the word mad.
16.2.10
He utters the secondary vaṣaṭ-call only for the appeasement of the oblations,
16.2.11
for the firm establishing of the oblations.
16.2.12
Then the hotrakas offer together; the ritual explanation of them has been stated.
16.2.13
Then the iḍā [is eaten], then the hotṛ's cup; the ritual explanation of it has been stated.
16.2.14
At the third pressing, they cast in the supplementary offerings.
16.2.15
Thereby they please the fathers.
16.2.16
Then they proceed with the draught for Savitṛ.
16.2.17
In the beginning, they offered this at the morning pressing.
16.2.18
The creatures were not born.
16.2.19
They [offered] it at the midday pressing;
16.2.20
even then, they [were] not [born].
16.2.21
They offered it here at the third pressing;
16.2.22
thereupon creatures were born.
16.2.23
Therefore Savitṛ is fixed at the third pressing.
16.2.24
Moreover, Savitṛ is one of the Ādityas;
16.2.25
the third pressing belongs to the Ādityas.
16.2.26
Therefore they sacrifice to him at the third pressing.
16.2.27
Having recited a Triṣṭubh as the invitatory verse of the draught for Savitṛ, he offers with a Jagatī.
16.2.28
The Triṣṭubh is strength and virility;
16.2.29
cattle are the Jagatī.
16.2.30
Thereby he firmly establishes [the sacrificer] in strength, virility, and in the end in cattle.
16.2.31
For it, he does not utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.
16.2.32
The draught for Savitṛ is breath; the secondary vaṣaṭ-call is the conclusion.
16.2.33
[He does so thinking:] 'Lest I bring breath to a conclusion before its time.'
16.2.34
For this breath is, as it were, joined.
16.2.35
The offering verse contains the word mad; for the third pressing contains the word mad.
16.3.1
With Savitṛ he begins the Vaiśvadeva [recitation].
16.3.2
Impelled by Savitṛ, the gods brought together the third pressing.
16.3.3
Therefore, the opening verse, the two following verses, and the hymn are addressed to Savitṛ.
16.3.4
With an Anuṣṭubh, 'We choose that of Savitṛ...', he begins the Vaiśvadeva [recitation].
16.3.5
For that which is the Vaiśvadeva [recitation] is the Pavamāna hymn.
16.3.6
The Anuṣṭubh is the metre of Soma.
16.3.7
The ritual explanation of the division of the quarters of the verse has been stated.
16.3.8
He recites Gāyatrī verses.
16.3.9
Gāyatrī verses are breath.
16.3.10
Thereby he places breath in himself.
16.3.11
He recites a hymn to Savitṛ.
16.3.12
For the draught for Savitṛ has been drawn.
16.3.13
It is that which he recites after by means of this.
16.3.14
He recites a verse to Vāyu.
16.3.15
The verse to Vāyu is breath.
16.3.16
Thereby he places breath in himself.
16.3.17
During its recitation, they unyoke the two-deity cups.
16.3.18
[They unyoke] the breaths in Vāyu, who is breath.
16.3.19
He recites a hymn to Heaven and Earth.
16.3.20
Heaven and earth are indeed the two foundations, for the sake of a firm foundation.
16.3.21
At it the adhvaryu responds with [the word] 'madhu'.
16.3.22
For the third pressing is connected with 'madhu'.
16.3.23
He recites [the hymn beginning] 'surūpakṛtnum'.
16.3.24
Food indeed has a handsome form.
16.3.25
Thus he places food in himself.
16.3.26
Moreover, this soma-drink belongs indeed to the forms.
16.3.27
Thus he places form in himself.
16.3.28
He recites [the hymn] to the Ṛbhus.
16.3.29
For here Prajāpati arranged for them.
16.3.30
Therefore [the hymn] to the Ṛbhus is recited here.
16.3.31
Then he recites [the verses] to Vena, the Ādityas, and Bṛhaspati.
16.3.32
With these he recites after the Śukra, Manthin, and Āgrayaṇa [draughts].
16.3.33
Moreover, the recitation belongs to the Viśve Devas.
16.3.34
In order not to leave out the deities, he recites [the hymn] to the Viśve Devas.
16.3.35
For the draught for the Viśve Devas has been drawn.
16.3.36
It is after that [draught] that he recites with this.
16.3.37
Of it, he recites the concluding verse twice by quarters,
16.3.38
and the third [time] by half-verses.
16.3.39
It amounts to a Virāj.
16.3.40
The Virāj is fortune, proper food;
16.3.41
[it is] for the attainment of fortune, the Virāj, and proper food.
16.4.1
He recites four hymns in the Vaiśvadeva [recitation].
16.4.2
The Vaiśvadeva is cattle;
16.4.3
cattle are fourfold;
16.4.4
moreover, [they are] four-footed: [it is] for the attainment of cattle.
16.4.5
Therefore he should recite it with pauses;
16.4.6
cattle delight in him.
16.4.7
He recites the Vaiśvadeva with sixteen calls.
16.4.8
This whole [world] consists of sixteen parts;
16.4.9
[it is] for the attainment of this whole [world].
16.4.10
It becomes seventeenfold;
16.4.11
eleven deities, four nivids, the energy of the recitation, and the offering verse.
16.4.12
Prajāpati is seventeenfold;
16.4.13
successful indeed is that rite which is commensurate with Prajāpati.
16.4.14
Having recited the recitation, he offers with a verse to the Viśve Devas, "All gods, hear this call of mine";
16.4.15
for this recitation belongs to the Viśve Devas;
16.4.16
with a Triṣṭubh; strength and energy indeed is the Triṣṭubh;
16.4.17
strength and energy he thereby bestows on the sacrificer;
16.4.18
with a verse containing the word madhu; for the third pressing contains the word madhu.
16.4.19
He utters the secondary vaṣaṭ-call, just for the appeasement of the oblations,
16.4.20
for the firm establishment of the oblations.
16.4.21
That first Anuṣṭubh is speech;
16.4.22
five Gāyatrīs follow it.
16.4.23
The [hymn] to Savitṛ is the mind;
16.4.24
the [verse] to Vāyu is the out-breath;
16.4.25
the [verse] to Heaven and Earth is the two eyes;
16.4.26
that unexpressed breath, that is the [verse] "shaping fair forms";
16.4.27
the [hymn] to the Ṛbhus is the ear;
16.4.28
out-breath, in-breath, and diffused breath are the three isolated verses;
16.4.29
the body is the hymn; that which is inside the body, that is the nivid;
16.4.30
the firm support is the concluding verse; food is the offering verse.
16.5.1
As to this, they say: "Why are the priesthood and the nobility shifting, while the peasantry is unshifting?"
16.5.2
The morning pressing is the priesthood;
16.5.3
the midday pressing is the nobility;
16.5.4
the third pressing is the peasantry.
16.5.5
Now, because they conclude [the recitation] just as it occurs at the morning and midday pressings,
16.5.6
therefore Brahmin subjects live without fixity,
16.5.7
and Kṣatriyas live without fixity.
16.5.8
And because the concluding verse of the third pressing is unshifting,
16.5.9
therefore the peasantry is unshifting.
16.5.10
He says: "Offer of the ghee; offer of the Soma."
16.5.11
The sacrifice is extended indeed by these two: by ghee and by Soma.
16.5.12
He pleases those two here,
16.5.13
[thinking:] "Pleased, may they bear the sacrifice."
16.5.14
He offers of the ghee in a whisper;
16.5.15
ghee is the emission of semen;
16.5.16
in secret indeed is semen emitted.
16.5.17
Now, that he offers of the Soma aloud:
16.5.18
Soma is the moon;
16.5.19
manifest indeed is the moon.
16.5.20
Regarding it, they say: 'One should not offer after it.'
16.5.21
"so these [fathers] look down hither from over there."
16.5.22
However, it is established that he should offer around [it].
16.5.23
Ghee is the world of the gods;
16.5.24
Soma is the world of the fathers.
16.5.25
Thus they step up to the world of the gods from the world of the fathers.
16.5.26
Moreover, in that they proceed with the Saumya [caru], they indeed propitiate the fathers.
16.5.27
Moreover, they say: 'Here the upasads are concluded.'
16.5.28
For at the upasads one offers in return to Agni, Soma, and Viṣṇu.
16.5.29
Here [he offers to] Agni, Soma, and Viṣṇu.
16.5.30
They bring this Saumya [caru] to the sadas.
16.5.31
Having received it, the hotṛ puts it down near himself.
16.5.32
Then, having looked at himself in its ghee, he touches the ghee with two fingers.
16.5.33
With the words, 'You are the protector of the eye; protect my eye,' he should wipe his two eyes.
16.5.34
Thereby he indeed protects his eye.
16.5.35
He hands it to the udgātṛs.
16.6.1
Then they proceed with the Patnīvant draught.
16.6.2
Thereby they make the wives sharers in the Āhavanīya.
16.6.3
He does not utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call for it.
16.6.4
For it is mixed with clarified butter.
16.6.5
Clarified butter has no share in the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.
16.6.6
He sacrifices in a whisper.
16.6.7
The Patnīvant draught is the emission of semen; semen is indeed emitted in secret.
16.6.8
He does not utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.
16.6.9
The Patnīvant draught is the emission of semen; the secondary vaṣaṭ-call is the conclusion.
16.6.10
[He does so] thinking: 'Lest I bring the emitted semen to a conclusion before its time.'
16.6.11
Regarding that they say: 'Since this offering verse belongs to the neṣṭṛ, why then does the āgnīdhra sacrifice with it?'
16.6.12
This offering verse belongs to Agni.
16.6.13
The āgnīdhra belongs to Agni.
16.6.14
Therefore the āgnīdhra sacrifices with it.
16.6.15
Moreover, [they say] thus the vaṣaṭ-calls of the recitations become equal.
16.7.1
He recites the Agnimāruta recitation with twenty-one calls.
16.7.2
The twenty-onefold stoma is the highest, the firm resting place of the stomas.
16.7.3
For the sake of a firm foundation.
16.7.4
It is of twenty-four varieties.
16.7.5
There are twenty joints.
16.7.6
They are forty-four [in total].
16.7.7
The Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables.
16.7.8
The Triṣṭubh is strength and virility.
16.7.9
Thus he places strength and virility in the sacrificer.
16.7.10
He recites [the hymn] to Vaiśvānara.
16.7.11
For the draught for Vaiśvānara has been drawn.
16.7.12
It is that draught which he recites after by means of this.
16.7.13
He recites [the hymn] to Rudra.
16.7.14
Rudra is dread.
16.7.15
Thereby he provides a remedy.
16.7.16
Moreover, he indeed has a share in the end.
16.7.17
Therefore he recites it in the final recitation.
16.7.18
He recites [the hymn] to the Maruts.
16.7.19
Rudra, indeed, has this host.
16.7.20
Thus he makes him thrive with his own host.
16.7.23
Then [follow] the stotriya and anurūpa verses of the Yajñāyajñīya [sāman].
16.7.24
He recites the hymn to Jātavedas.
16.7.25
Thereby it is called the Agnimāruta [recitation].
16.7.26
Therefore he should recite it towards the end,
16.7.27
just as one about to cross over a conflagration, even so.
16.8.1
He recites verses having the Waters as deity.
16.8.2
The waters, indeed, are appeasement and medicine.
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Translations (1)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
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- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit