Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.1
English (machine translation) 18.1
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That which is the recitation for the Aśvins is an over-abundant Soma.
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Whatever of the sacrifice is left over,
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by that the enemy of the sacrificer rises up [against him].
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Now, when he sacrifices subsequently to the two Aśvins,
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the two Aśvins are the physicians of the gods.
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he thereby effects healing.
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Now, when Savitṛ gave Sūryā to King Soma,
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or of Prajāpati,
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he assigned a thousand [cows] as bridal gift to his daughter being carried away in marriage.
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That belonged to these deities.
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They said, 'Let us run a race for this thousand.'
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They ran a race.
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The two Aśvins won it with a donkey.
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Therefore many deities are recited;
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yet it is called the Āśvina [recitation].
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Thence indeed, furthermore, the donkey does not run at all with full speed.
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Thinking, 'It is pressed by me,' [or] 'The enemy is slain,' he should recite a thousand [verses].
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For the two won a thousand.
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Now they say: 'Since the pṛṣṭha stotras are based on the Bṛhatī, why then does he begin with a Triṣṭubh?'
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This verse, recited three times, amounts to three Bṛhatīs and one Gāyatrī.
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And this is the form of the twilight [juncture], that there are three Bṛhatīs;
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the Gāyatrī is the form of the morning pressing.
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Then, in that he brings about the Bṛhatī,
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the Bṛhatī indeed turns into what is encompassingly covered.
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Now, in that he recites the first pragātha of each of the Bṛhatī opening sections by taking it up repeatedly, making a Kakubh,
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the Sāman singers chant by taking up repeatedly;
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it is its form that is thereby produced.
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