Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.3
English (machine translation) 20.3
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They undertake the Go as the second day;
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its metrical forms are the very ones that belong to the second day.
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'For you [have] fame conferring domain' is the ājya recitation;
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'You have renown in wide perception' contains the prefix 'vi';
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that is the characteristic of this intermediate space,
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for this intermediate space is, as it were, wide open.
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The prauga hymn is composed by Gṛtsamada.
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When the Bṛhat Sāman was being created, the Prauga [recitation] of the Gṛtsamadas was created after it.
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Thereby he makes the rite successful by its proper form.
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For that rite indeed prospers which is complete in its proper form.
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‘Lord of the dwelling of Viśvānara’ is the opening verse of the Marutvatīya [recitation], containing [the word] ‘vi-’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
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‘Indra alone is the drinker of Soma’ is the following triplet.
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‘Indra, drinker of pressed [soma], possessing all life’ contains [the word] ‘vi-’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
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‘Arise, O Brahmaṇaspati’ is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati, containing [the word] ‘ud-’.
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‘Arise’ contains [the word] ‘ud-’.
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The second day indeed contains [the word] ‘ud-’.
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‘These to you, of the poet most frequent’ contains [the word] ‘ud-’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
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‘You, O Indra, attached to the pressed soma’ is the Niṣkevalya [recitation].
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‘When the chant, the brahman, the uktha is being recited’ contains [the word] ‘ud-’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
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‘Of the god, the guide of all’ is the opening verse of the Vaiśvadeva [recitation], containing [the word] ‘vi-’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
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‘Unto the All-god, the true lord’ is the following triplet, containing [the word] ‘vi-’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
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There are two opening verses for the Vaiśvadeva [recitations].
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There are two following triplets.
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Two are day and night.
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The year has six seasons and is sixfold.
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After the two [come] heaven and earth, these two firm foundations.
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This body has six limbs and is sixfold.
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After the two [come] these two, in-breath and out-breath.
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These vital breaths are six.
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Consequently they do not depart from the proper measure of the year,
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nor from the refinement of the self, nor from the refinement of the vital breath.
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