Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.5
English (machine translation) 20.5
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They undertake the third day, which is life.
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Its metrical forms are the very ones that belong to the third day.
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"Thou, O Agni, [bring] the Vasus here" is the Ājya recitation.
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This metre is indeed self-collected, which is accomplished in the form of the day.
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"Bring hither the thirty-three [gods], O thou with bay horses, eager for praise!" [it says].
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That is the form of the third day.
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The Praüga recitation is in the Uṣṇih metre, composed by Viśvamanas.
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When the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Viśvamanas Praüga recitation in the Uṣṇih metre was created after it.
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Thereby one makes the rite successful through [its appropriate] form.
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For that rite is prosperous which is complete in form.
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"To each and every one for great gift" is the introductory verse for the Marutvatīya recitation.
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"To each and every" is a dancing phrase.
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The third day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down.
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Whither indeed would one go from there?
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"May Brahmaṇaspati go forth" contains the word 'forth' (pra) and is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati.
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'Three'—that is the form of the third day.
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"May Brahmaṇaspati go forth" contains the word 'forth' (pra) and is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati.
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"May the goddess of truthfulness go forth" is a dancing phrase.
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The third day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down.
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Whither indeed would one go from there?
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Three are the introductory verses of the Marutvatīya recitations, three the following verses, three the verses to Brahmaṇaspati.
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These worlds indeed are three.
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It is these worlds that they thereby attain.
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"Stand still, ye two bays, being yoked to the chariot" is the Marutvatīya hymn.
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"Stand still" contains the word 'stand' (sthita).
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That is the form of an end.
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The third day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one stands still, as it were.
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Whither indeed would one go from there?
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"Now I shall proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra" is the Niṣkevalya recitation.
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That very thing is its form of the end, which refers to what has happened: "He slew the dragon; he bored [channels] for the waters."
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That [points] towards what is, as it were, past.
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