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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.2

English (machine translation) 2.2

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2.2.1

He should ladle out four times.

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Fourfold is all this;

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[it is] to obtain this whole [world].

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[Or] he should ladle out five times.

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Fivefold is the sacrifice, [it is] to obtain the sacrifice.

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The Upasads are to be understood in the Agnihotra.

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Having ladled out, he sets it down to the north of the Gārhapatya;

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thereby he obtains this world.

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When about to offer in the Āhavanīya, [he sets it down] a second time;

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he places a kindling-stick of Palāśa [on the fire].

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The Palāśa is Soma.

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That is the first Soma offering.

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It is a span in length.

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For these vital breaths above the body are a span in length.

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Carrying [the ladle] two finger-breadths beyond the kindling-stick, he pours the offering, as if not breaking [the stream].

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For within two finger-breadths food is placed into the mouth.

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He should offer into the smoke for one who desires a village;

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into the blazing fire for one who desires spiritual lustre;

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into the embers for one who desires cattle.

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The established rule, however, is: having placed [the stick] upon [the fire].

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For in that case all these desires are obtained.

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Having offered both oblations, he whispers:

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"Whatever blessing belongs to the accomplished sacrifice, may that be accomplished for me."

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For whatever blessing belongs to the accomplished sacrifice belongs to the sacrificer.

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He should offer oblations that go ever downward [or progressively deeper].

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Thereby he attains higher and higher heavenly worlds.

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With the bottom of the ladle he touches the embers.

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He thereby places the sacrificer in the heavenly world.

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