Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.8
English (machine translation) 18.8
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These fore-offerings and after-offerings are one hundred and one.
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Man has a hundred years of life, a hundred energies, a hundred faculties;
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the one hundred and first is the self.
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This is the course of the Aṅgirases.
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Entering upon this course, he attains coexistence and union with the Aṅgirases.
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Now the six or eight vaṣaṭ-calls—
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that is the course of the Ādityas.
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Entering upon this course, he attains coexistence and union with the Ādityas.
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The anūbandhyā cow.
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The anūbandhyā is indeed this fourth pressing.
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Therefore it is unalterable;
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for it is the fourth of the pressings.
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It belongs to Mitra and Varuṇa.
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For [the victim] to Agni and Soma is offered before.
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Therefore it belongs to Mitra and Varuṇa,
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to give balance to the sacrifice.
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Now as to his sacrificing to Varuṇa in the waters:
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here Mitra is left out.
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therefore it belongs to Mitra and Varuṇa.
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It is in order to attain Mitra.
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Now, if the victim, having been brought near but not yet dedicated, should die,
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he should have it given to the priests.
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Then they should seize another of the same form and the same colour.
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Having propitiated it with the āprī hymns and carried fire around it, they should lead it northward.
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Following its course, they should drag the other [dead one].
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Having extracted their omenta separately, cooked them separately, and cut portions separately, they should offer them at the same vaṣaṭ-call.
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Having cooked the sacrificial cakes for the animal victims separately, and cut portions separately, they should offer them at the same vaṣaṭ-call.
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Having cooked their sacrificial oblations separately, and cut portions separately, they should offer them at the same vaṣaṭ-call.
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In this way the two third parts of the entrails, and in this way the two tails.
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If, however, it should have been propitiated with even a single āprī verse,
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they should proceed with that one alone; such is the rule.
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The āprī verses are the vital breaths.
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Thus he places the vital breaths in it.
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