Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.6
English (machine translation) 16.6
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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.
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