Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.3
English (machine translation) 17.3
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He recites Gāyatrīs.
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The Gāyatrīs are the vital breath.
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Thus he places the vital breath in himself.
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He recites a seven-footed [verse].
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The meters are seven.
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[It is] for the attainment of all meters.
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Moreover, together with this, the Gāyatrīs amount to four Anuṣṭubhs.
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Therefore he recites this for fulfillment.
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Then he recites regular Anuṣṭubhs.
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The Ṣoḍaśin is connected with the Anuṣṭubh.
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Thus he makes it prosper by its own meter.
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They are indeed eight.
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By these the gods attained all attainments.
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In the same way, the sacrificer attains all attainments by these.
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With the concluding verse recited three times, they amount to ten.
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The Virāj consists of tens.
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The Virāj is prosperity and food.
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[It serves] for obtaining prosperity, the Virāj, and food.
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He concludes with: 'Rising to the vault of the bright one'.
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Yonder, indeed, is the vault of the bright one where yonder [sun] burns.
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There indeed he places the sacrificer.
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With that three-fold thunderbolt he slays the evil of the sacrificer.
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These are the verses, calls, and powers of the recitations.
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He becomes possessed of verses, calls, vigor, and fame who knows thus the powers of the recitations.
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When fully recited, they amount to forty Anuṣṭubhs.
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The Paṅkti has forty syllables.
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The Paṅkti is indeed a support.
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He establishes the sacrificer in all beings.
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Some say: 'He should sacrifice with an interwoven Triṣṭubh':
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'For as a prize-winner, drink of the former pressings, O bay-steeded one; for prize is winning, and this pressing is yours alone;'
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'For the prize-winner is the bearer; revel in the honeyed Soma, O Indra; for the prize-winner is victorious; all together, O bull, fill your belly!'
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