Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 20.6
English (machine translation) 20.6
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20.6.1
"Up indeed that god Savitṛ with golden [arms]" is [the hymn] to Savitṛ.
20.6.2
"With ghee the worthy one sprinkles his two hands" contains the word 'ghee' (ghṛta).
20.6.3
Ghee indeed belongs to many deities.
20.6.4
The third day belongs to many deities.
20.6.5
Therefore it contains [the word] ‘ghee’.
20.6.6
‘With ghee, heaven and earth are covered’ is addressed to Dyāvāpṛthivī, containing [the word] ‘ghee’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
20.6.7
‘They fashioned the well-rolling chariot by skill, skilful in work’ is addressed to the Ṛbhus.
20.6.8
‘They fashioned the two bay steeds carrying Indra, the bull, possessing goods’ contains a dancing-measure.
20.6.9
The third day is the end.
20.6.10
Having reached the end, as it were, one dances.
20.6.11
For whither would one go from there?
20.6.12
‘May auspicious intentions come to us from all sides’ is addressed to the Viśvedevas.
20.6.13
‘Unwearied guardians day by day’ contains a dancing-measure.
20.6.14
The third day is the end.
20.6.15
Having reached the end, as it were, one dances.
20.6.16
For whither would one go from there?
20.6.17
‘To Vaiśvānara, offering, increaser of cosmic order’ is addressed to Vaiśvānara.
20.6.18
‘Ghee purified we produce for Agni’ contains [the word] ‘ghee’. Its Brāhmaṇa has [already] been stated.
20.6.19
‘Come, O Rudras, accompanied by Indra, united’ is addressed to the Maruts.
20.6.20
‘Like springs of heaven, seeking water for the thirsty’ [is the verse].
20.6.21
‘Of heaven’—that is the form of yonder world.
20.6.22
‘Thee, O Agni, righteous men have kindled’ is addressed to Jātavedas.
20.6.23
‘Thee, thee’—it has a repeated beginning.
20.6.24
Just as that which has an end-verse, so that which has a repeated beginning is the form of the end.
20.6.25
They attain yonder world by means of the third day.
20.6.26
The sun, the deity among the deities—
20.6.27
form, over entities; they place sight in themselves, they place sight in themselves.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit