Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.1
English (machine translation) 20.1
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Now this year is a revolving wheel of the gods;
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it is immortal.
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In it is this sixfold food:
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domestic animals and wild animals, herbs and trees, and what lives in the waters and what revolves around.
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Having mounted it, the gods float through all the worlds:
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the world of the gods, the world of the fathers, the world of the living;
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this world, near the waters, the world of Agni;
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the world of Vāyu whose abode is truth;
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the unconquered world of Indra;
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the world of Varuṇa above heaven;
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the world of death opposite heaven;
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the radiant world of Brahman;
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the firmament, the highest of worlds.
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Thus, when they undertake the Abhiplava [six-day rite],
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those sacrificers mount the year itself.
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In it they obtain this sixfold food: domestic animals and wild animals, herbs and trees, and what lives in the waters and what revolves around.
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Twice they undertake the Jyotis day;
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by it they obtain a twofold food: domestic animals and wild animals.
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Twice they undertake the Go day;
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by it they obtain a twofold food: herbs and trees.
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Twice they undertake the Āyus day;
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by it they obtain a twofold food: what lives in the waters and what revolves around.
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