Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.2
English (machine translation) 17.2
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He additionally recites a Gāyatrī: "Of such a one as you, possessing many treasures..."
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for the fulfillment of these very syllables.
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Now, together with this, the stotriya [verses] amount to six Anuṣṭubhs.
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Therefore he recites this for fulfillment.
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Some indeed make this matching [verse] into an anurūpa.
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Regarding that, however, they say: "Yonder one who shines is the Ṣoḍaśin.
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There is no other corresponding to him.
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If someone should address him who makes an anurūpa here..."
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Then, from this point, he transposes the subsequent meters.
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The meters are the vital breaths.
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Thus he interweaves the vital breaths in the self, so that they may not be torn out.
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Therefore, indeed, these vital breaths, though blowing in all directions, do not expire.
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Moreover, the Ṣoḍaśin is connected with the Anuṣṭubh.
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Thus he converts all meters into the Anuṣṭubh.
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He transposes Gāyatrīs and Paṅktis.
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The Paṅkti has the sacrificer as its meter.
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The Gāyatrī is splendor and sacred luster.
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Thus he places splendor and sacred luster in the sacrificer.
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He transposes Uṣṇihs and Bṛhatīs.
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The Uṣṇih has the sacrificer as its meter.
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Cattle are the Bṛhatī.
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Thus he places cattle belonging to the Bṛhatī in the sacrificer.
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He transposes a Dvipadā of twenty syllables and a Triṣṭubh.
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The Dvipadā has the sacrificer as its meter.
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Strength and heroism are the Triṣṭubh.
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Thus he places strength and heroism in the sacrificer.
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He transposes Dvipadās of sixteen syllables and Jagatīs.
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The Dvipadās have the sacrificer as their meter.
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Cattle are the Jagatī.
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Thus he places cattle belonging to the Jagatī in the sacrificer.
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