Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.6
English (machine translation) 17.6
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Now, when the brahman approves the chant,
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he thereby joins the mind with the vital breaths.
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Now, when the prastotṛ sings the prelude,
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he thereby joins the downward breath with the vital breaths.
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Now, when the pratihartṛ chants the response,
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he thereby joins the diffused breath with the vital breaths.
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Now, when the udgātṛ sings,
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he thereby places the in-breath in the diffused breath.
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Truly, all these deities are established in the vital breath.
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Now, when the hotṛ connects the recitation with the chant,
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the hotṛ is speech;
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he thereby joins speech with the vital breaths.
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Now, when the reciters belonging to the hotṛ make a continuation with the chant,
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they thereby join the limbs with the vital breaths.
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Now, when the sacrificer sings in accompaniment to the chant,
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the udgātṛs are the vital breaths;
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he thereby establishes the vital breaths in himself.
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Therefore, the [sun] should not set upon him outside the altar-ground;
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it should not rise upon him, nor should one summon him.
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They do not commence the chant [in his absence];
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he should not warm himself at the side-altar,
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[thinking,] 'Lest I cut myself off from the vital breaths.'
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Now, when in the first rounds they make [the text] dance in the first quarters [of the verses],
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they thereby smite away the Asuras from the first part of the night.
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Now, when in the middle rounds they make [it] dance in the middle quarters,
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they thereby smite away the Asuras from the middle of the night.
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Now, when in the last rounds they make [it] dance in the last quarters,
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they thereby smite away the Asuras from the last part of the night.
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Just as one would strike away evil repeatedly, chasing it around the dwelling,
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in this very way they smite away the Asuras from day and night by means of the stotriya and anurūpa verses,
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so that what has been chanted is recited in conformity.
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