Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.1
English (machine translation) 19.1
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Now, those who are about to undergo consecration collect their fires together.
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In a single form do the sacrificers thereby place strength and vigour in themselves.
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Then they perform this iṣṭi of collecting [the fires].
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They offer an eight-pot-sherd cake to Agni possessed of the priesthood;
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an eleven-pot-sherd [cake] to Agni possessed of the nobility;
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a twelve-pot-sherd [cake] to Agni who is nobility itself.
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Thereby the sacrificers mount upon the priesthood and the nobility.
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By means of these two they safely cross over the year.
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They sacrifice with this animal offering dedicated to Prajāpati,
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[thinking,] 'Impelled by Prajāpati, may we safely reach through this year.'
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Some indeed make it dedicated to Vāyu,
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'For this is Prajāpati's visible form, namely Vāyu.'
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Some, however, perform [it] for Agni as Desire.
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Agni indeed is the desire, the master of the gods,
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[and it is] for the pleasing of all the gods.
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Some perform the animal sacrificial cake belonging to Vaiśvānara for him,
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for the pleasing of all the gods.
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Some perform the animal sacrificial cake belonging to Vaiśvānara for him.
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That one indeed is Vaiśvānara, who shines yonder.
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They thereby please him alone.
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Now, the pot [used] for throwing together [the fires] of many, [and] for collecting, belongs to the single person about to be consecrated.
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They arrange the impulses of consecration beforehand.
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They should be consecrated one day after the new moon day of Taiṣa,
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or of Māgha, they say.
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Both [opinions] are expressed.
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That of Taiṣa, however, is somewhat more commonly accepted.
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They reach this thirteenth intercalary month.
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The year is just this much: this thirteenth month.
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Thus the whole year is obtained right here.
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He indeed fasts on the new moon day of Māgha, being about to turn north.
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These [sacrificers] observe the fast,
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