Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.7
English (machine translation) 17.7
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17.7.1
They recite Gāyatrī verses as the beginnings of the recitations.
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The Gāyatrī is splendor and sacred luster.
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They thereby bestow splendor and sacred luster upon the sacrificer.
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Having recited Gāyatrī verses, they recite Jagatī verses.
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They call out between the Gāyatrī and the Jagatī verses;
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they thereby make the meters possessed of distinct potencies.
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Having recited Jagatī verses, they conclude with Triṣṭubh verses.
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The Triṣṭubh is strength and vigor;
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the Jagatī is cattle.
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They thereby establish [the sacrificer] finally in strength, vigor, and cattle.
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Triṣṭubh offering verses containing the words 'food', 'exhilaration', and 'drunk' are perfect, having three characteristics.
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This indeed is the form of the night.
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They should keep awake through the night.
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Wakefulness is light;
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the night is darkness and evil.
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By means of that light, they cross over darkness and evil.
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For as long as there is neither chanting nor reciting,
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for so long the Asuras and Rakṣases are liable to fall upon [them].
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Therefore, they should say: 'Kindle the Āhavanīya, the Āgnīdhra, and the Gārhapatya; make the side-altars blaze up!'
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They should kindle them so that it becomes bright as day.
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Holding onto one another, they should lie down.
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[Saying,] 'Look, they are moving!'
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evil does not dare assault them;
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they strike away evil, they strike away evil.
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