Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.5
English (machine translation) 17.5
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They recite stotriya and anurūpa verses in the Gāyatrī meter.
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The Gāyatrī is indeed light.
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Night is darkness and evil.
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By means of that light, they overcome darkness and evil.
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They recite taking up [the chant] again.
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For thus the chant-singers praise,
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and the recitation follows the chant as praised.
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Regarding this, they say: 'Why, calling after the last response (pratīhāra), do they connect the recitation with the chant?'
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The sacrifice is the Cosmic Person.
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His head is the two oblation-holders, his mouth the Āhavanīya, his belly the Sadas, and food the recitations.
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His two arms are the Mārjālīya and the Āgnīdhra.
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The deities that are within are the hearths within the Sadas.
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His support is the Gārhapatya and the cooking-hearth for the fast-milk.
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Now further:
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His mind is the Brahman, his out-breath the Udgātṛ, his in-breath the Prastotṛ, his diffused breath the Pratihartṛ, his speech the Hotṛ, his eye the Adhvaryu, his procreative organ the Sadasya, and his self the sacrificer.
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His limbs are the Hotra reciters. When the Adhvaryu brings forward the chant,
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he unites the eye with the vital breaths.
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Then, when the Prastotṛ addresses the Brahman priest: 'O Brahman, we shall praise,'
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the mind is the leader of these vital breaths;
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'Impelled by the mind, we shall praise with the chant.'
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Thus he connects the in-breath with the mind.
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