Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.2
English (machine translation) 18.2
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He recites the section to Agni;
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thereby he wins this world.
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He recites [the section] to the Dawn;
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thereby he wins the intermediate world.
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He recites [the section] to the Aśvins;
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thereby he wins yonder world.
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He recites the section to Sūrya;
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there is indeed a fourth world of the gods: the Waters.
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That one he wins for him thereby.
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He recites a pragātha;
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cattle are a pragātha,
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for the obtaining of cattle.
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Moreover, the Bārhatapragātha is expiration and inhalation.
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He recites [the verse] to Heaven and Earth;
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Heaven and Earth are two firm supports, for firm support.
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He recites a Dvipadā;
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the Dvipadā metre is a firm support, for firm support.
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He concludes with a verse to Bṛhaspati;
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Bṛhaspati is the sacred power;
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in the sacred power he ultimately finds a firm support.
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Now this is the metrical computation:
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three hundred Gāyatrīs, they are two hundred Bṛhatīs;
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seventy Anuṣṭubhs and seventy Paṅktis are one hundred and forty Bṛhatīs;
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taking out a hundred Gāyatrīs from three hundred Triṣṭubhs, these are three hundred Bṛhatīs;
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and that one hundred Gāyatrīs and one hundred Jagatīs, they are two hundred Bṛhatīs;
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fifty Triṣṭubhs and fifty Uṣṇihs amount to one hundred Bṛhatīs;
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then the fifty-seven Bṛhatīs are fulfilled right here;
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then the two Triṣṭubhs of fifty-two syllables and the Dvipadā amount to the remaining Bṛhatīs.
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Thus, being a thousand verses in various metres, they amount to a thousand Bṛhatīs.
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'He should not recite more than a thousand, nor less than a thousand'—such indeed is the rule.
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