Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.2
English (machine translation) 21.2
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21.2.1
‘That great desirable [gift] of the god Savitṛ’ is addressed to Savitṛ.
21.2.2
‘Savitṛ has begotten the glorious, laudable one’ contains [a form of the root] ‘jan-’.
21.2.3
Containing [a form of the root] ‘jan-’ is indeed the form of the fourth day.
21.2.4
"[These two] indeed, Heaven and Earth, bringing well-being to all" is [the hymn] to Heaven and Earth.
21.2.5
"The two receptacles of noble birth have extended between" contains the word "birth" (jātavat).
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Containing the word "birth" is indeed the characteristic feature of the fourth day.
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"Without horse born, without bridle, praiseworthy" is [the hymn] to the Ṛbhus containing the word "born" (jātavat).
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Containing the word "birth" is indeed the characteristic feature of the fourth day.
21.2.9
"Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman" is [the hymn] to All the Gods.
21.2.10
"Having generated the sacrifice, they have cleansed their bodies" contains the word "birth" (jātavat).
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Containing the word "birth" is indeed the characteristic feature of the fourth day.
21.2.12
"To Vaiśvānara of broad might, inspired" is [the hymn] to Vaiśvānara.
21.2.13
"In him the sacrificer has longed for favors" contains [the prefix] ā- (āvat).
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Containing [the prefix] ā- is indeed the characteristic feature of the introductory rite (prāyaṇīya) of the fourth day.
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For the fourth day is a repeated introductory [day].
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"Born, you filled the worlds, the two realms" contains the word "born" (jātavat).
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Containing the word "birth" is indeed the characteristic feature of the fourth day.
21.2.18
"They who adorn themselves like wives, like steeds" is [the hymn] to the Maruts containing the word "birth" (jātavat).
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Containing the word "birth" is indeed the characteristic feature of the fourth day.
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"The guardian of the people was born, watchful" is the hymn to Jātavedas, containing [the word] "born".
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Containing [the word] "born" is indeed the characteristic of the fourth day.
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They obtain food by means of the fourth day,
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the Moon among the deities;
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hearing, presiding over the directions, they place in themselves.
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