Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.2
English (machine translation) 16.2
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16.2.1
He recites verses to Indra and the Ṛbhus for those [cups] being drawn up at the third pressing.
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When the Ṛbhus attained the love of Prajāpati,
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then Indra admitted them to a share in the drinking of soma.
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Therefore, they do not chant on verses addressed to the Ṛbhus,
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yet they call it the Ārbhava Pavamāna.
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With a verse addressed to Indra and the Ṛbhus, he offers for the cups set out at the third pressing.
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Thereby he makes Indra share in half of the pressing.
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[He offers] with a Jagatī; for the third pressing belongs to the Jagatī.
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[He offers] with a verse containing the word mad; for the third pressing contains the word mad.
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He utters the secondary vaṣaṭ-call only for the appeasement of the oblations,
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for the firm establishing of the oblations.
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Then the hotrakas offer together; the ritual explanation of them has been stated.
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Then the iḍā [is eaten], then the hotṛ's cup; the ritual explanation of it has been stated.
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At the third pressing, they cast in the supplementary offerings.
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Thereby they please the fathers.
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Then they proceed with the draught for Savitṛ.
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In the beginning, they offered this at the morning pressing.
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The creatures were not born.
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They [offered] it at the midday pressing;
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even then, they [were] not [born].
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They offered it here at the third pressing;
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thereupon creatures were born.
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Therefore Savitṛ is fixed at the third pressing.
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Moreover, Savitṛ is one of the Ādityas;
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the third pressing belongs to the Ādityas.
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Therefore they sacrifice to him at the third pressing.
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Having recited a Triṣṭubh as the invitatory verse of the draught for Savitṛ, he offers with a Jagatī.
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The Triṣṭubh is strength and virility;
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cattle are the Jagatī.
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Thereby he firmly establishes [the sacrificer] in strength, virility, and in the end in cattle.
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For it, he does not utter the secondary vaṣaṭ-call.
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The draught for Savitṛ is breath; the secondary vaṣaṭ-call is the conclusion.
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[He does so thinking:] 'Lest I bring breath to a conclusion before its time.'
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For this breath is, as it were, joined.
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The offering verse contains the word mad; for the third pressing contains the word mad.
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