Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.8
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16.8.1
He recites verses having the Waters as deity.
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The waters, indeed, are appeasement and medicine.
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This appeasement and medicine is thus performed at the end in the sacrifice.
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Therefore he should recite them with pauses,
16.8.5
just as one dipping into water, even so.
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He recites [a verse] to Ahi Budhnya.
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Ahi Budhnya, indeed, is Agni.
16.8.8
He makes him blaze up by this [verse].
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Moreover, by this [verse] he recites following the dhiṣṇya-hearths.
16.8.10
He recites [verses addressed to] the wives of the gods and to Rākā.
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Through these [verses] he recites along with the Patnīvant draught.
16.8.12
Moreover, the wives indeed share in the end.
16.8.13
Therefore he recites them in the final recitation.
16.8.14
He recites Akṣarapaṅkti verses.
16.8.15
Cattle indeed are the Akṣarapaṅkti verses.
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[It is] for the attainment of cattle.
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Moreover, the out-breath and the in-breath indeed are the Akṣarapaṅkti verses.
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He thereby places the out-breath and the in-breath in himself.
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Moreover, [it is] for the purpose of the recitation's having Indra [with it].
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He recites [verses] addressed to the fathers and addressed to Yama.
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Through these [verses] he recites along with the Nārāśaṃsa [cups].
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Moreover, the fathers indeed share in the end.
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Therefore he recites them in the final recitation.
16.8.24
He recites the Svāduṣkilīya verses.
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Through these [verses] he makes the Soma sweet to Indra.
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Moreover, the heavenly world is Indra,
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[and] the world of the fathers is Yama.
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They thereby step out from the world of the fathers unto the heavenly world.
16.8.29
To these the adhvaryu responds with [a formula] containing the word 'sweet' (madhu-).
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For the third pressing contains 'sweet'.
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He recites a verse addressed to Viṣṇu and Varuṇa.
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The sacrifice indeed belongs to Viṣṇu and Varuṇa.
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Whatever of the sacrifice becomes faltering or redundant,
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that he heals with this [verse].
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This [verse] is indeed a healing.
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He recites a verse addressed to Viṣṇu and one addressed to Agni.
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Agni and Viṣṇu indeed share in the ends of the gods.
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Therefore he recites them in the final recitation.
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He concludes with a verse addressed to Indra.
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For this [sacrifice] belongs to Indra.
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He establishes it in Indra at the end.
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