Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.2
English (machine translation) 20.2
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They undertake the Jyotis as the first day;
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its metrical forms are the very ones that belong to the first day.
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'Forward to your god Agni' is the ājya recitation, containing the prefix 'pra';
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what contains 'pra' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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The prauga hymn is composed by Madhuchandas.
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When the Rathantara Sāman was being created, the prauga hymn composed by Madhuchandas was created after it; / thus by its form he makes the rite successful.
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For that rite is prosperous which is complete in its form.
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'Indra makes a downward slope for the chariot' is the Marutvatīya recitation, containing 'pra';
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what contains 'pra' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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'Come hither, our offerings placed upon the chariot seat' is the Niṣkevalya recitation, containing the prefix 'ā';
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what contains 'ā' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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'They yoke the mind, and they yoke the thoughts' is the hymn to Savitṛ, containing 'yoked';
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what contains 'yoked' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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'Forward with sacrifices Heaven and Earth that increase cosmic order' is the hymn to Heaven and Earth, containing 'pra';
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'The eager ones went towards them with wisdom' contains 'abhi';
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that is the characteristic of the Rathantara.
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'How of the gods, on the journey of which one?' is the Vaiśvadeva recitation;
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'With what assistance does he turn towards?' contains 'abhi';
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that is the characteristic of the Rathantara.
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'For Vaiśvānara of broad might, with praise' is the hymn to Vaiśvānara;
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'In him the sacrificer has desired favors' contains 'ā';
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what contains 'ā' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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'Before the eye, powerful, exuberantly strong' is the hymn to the Maruts, containing 'pra';
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what contains 'pra' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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'Come forward, hotṛ, by his law through craft' is the hymn to Jātavedas, containing 'pra';
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what contains 'pra' is indeed the characteristic of the first day.
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By the first day they obtain this world,
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[and] Agni, the god among the gods;
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they place in themselves speech presiding over names.
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