Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.4
English (machine translation) 16.4
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He recites four hymns in the Vaiśvadeva [recitation].
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The Vaiśvadeva is cattle;
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cattle are fourfold;
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moreover, [they are] four-footed: [it is] for the attainment of cattle.
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Therefore he should recite it with pauses;
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cattle delight in him.
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He recites the Vaiśvadeva with sixteen calls.
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This whole [world] consists of sixteen parts;
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[it is] for the attainment of this whole [world].
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It becomes seventeenfold;
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eleven deities, four nivids, the energy of the recitation, and the offering verse.
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Prajāpati is seventeenfold;
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successful indeed is that rite which is commensurate with Prajāpati.
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Having recited the recitation, he offers with a verse to the Viśve Devas, "All gods, hear this call of mine";
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for this recitation belongs to the Viśve Devas;
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with a Triṣṭubh; strength and energy indeed is the Triṣṭubh;
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strength and energy he thereby bestows on the sacrificer;
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with a verse containing the word madhu; for the third pressing contains the word madhu.
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He utters the secondary vaṣaṭ-call, just for the appeasement of the oblations,
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for the firm establishment of the oblations.
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That first Anuṣṭubh is speech;
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five Gāyatrīs follow it.
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The [hymn] to Savitṛ is the mind;
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the [verse] to Vāyu is the out-breath;
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the [verse] to Heaven and Earth is the two eyes;
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that unexpressed breath, that is the [verse] "shaping fair forms";
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the [hymn] to the Ṛbhus is the ear;
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out-breath, in-breath, and diffused breath are the three isolated verses;
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the body is the hymn; that which is inside the body, that is the nivid;
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the firm support is the concluding verse; food is the offering verse.
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