Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.3
English (machine translation) 21.3
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They approach the fifth day, [which is] life.
21.3.2
Its meter-forms are the very ones that belong to the fifth day.
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"O Agni, bring the mightiest" is the Ājya recitation.
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"Forward for us with abundant wealth": "with wealth" contains [the word] "wealth".
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Containing [the word] "wealth" is indeed its characteristic.
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Possessing an adhyāsa, that is the characteristic of the Paṅkti.
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The Prauga recitation is the Saṃhārya.
21.3.8
When the Rathantara sāman was being created, the Saṃhārya Prauga was created after it.
21.3.9
Thereby he makes the ritual successful through its characteristic.
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That ritual indeed is prosperous which is rich in its proper characteristic.
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"Where is that hero? Who saw Indra?" is the Marutvatīya recitation.
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"He who with wealth, the thunderbolt-bearer, seeking him who has pressed the soma": "with wealth" contains [the word] "wealth".
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Containing [the word] "wealth" is indeed its characteristic.
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"Come here! They call upon Indra desiring cattle" is the Niṣkevalya recitation.
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"Desiring cattle" contains [reference to] cattle.
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Containing [reference to] cattle is indeed its characteristic.
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"Up indeed that god Savitṛ with golden [arms]" is the hymn to Savitṛ.
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"With ghee the liberal one sprinkles his hands": "with ghee" contains [reference to] cattle.
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Containing [reference to] cattle is indeed its characteristic.
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"Full of ghee, to the glory of the creatures" is the hymn to Heaven and Earth, containing ghee; the brāhmaṇa for it has been stated.
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"Stretched is my work; and that is stretched again" is the hymn to the Ṛbhus.
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"As with a ladle, let us knowingly sacrifice the ghee" contains ghee; the brāhmaṇa for it has been stated.
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"How, in the course of which of the gods?" is the Vaiśvadeva hymn.
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"Winning a thousand, as if in the winning of wisdom, by himself": "winning a thousand" contains [reference to] cattle.
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Containing [reference to] cattle is indeed its characteristic.
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"Now the might of the nourishing, fiery bull" is the hymn to Vaiśvānara.
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"In the lap of the waters the buffaloes have grasped": "buffaloes" contains [reference to] cattle.
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Containing [reference to] cattle is indeed its characteristic.
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"Forward your [...] for welfare to give" is the hymn to the Maruts.
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"Like the highest horn of cattle for beauty": "like [the horn] of cattle" contains [reference to] cattle.
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Containing [reference to] cattle is indeed its characteristic.
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"Wonderful indeed is the growth of the young child" is the hymn to Jātavedas.
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"To the most spirited, conqueror with good fathers": "spirited" contains [reference to] cattle.
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Containing [reference to] cattle is indeed its characteristic.
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Possessing an adhyāsa, that is the characteristic of the Paṅkti.
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They obtain cattle by means of the fifth day,
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Rudra among the deities;
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glory, presiding over virility, 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