Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.5
English (machine translation) 21.5
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21.5.1
"May we attain that desirable great [glory] of the god Savitṛ" is the Sāvitra hymn.
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"Upholder of heaven, Prajāpati of the world"—
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"of heaven" is the form of yonder world.
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"With ghee Heaven and Earth are covered" is the Dyāvāpṛthivīya hymn containing [the word] "ghee".
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Ghee belongs to all the gods;
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the sixth day belongs to all the gods;
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therefore it contains [the word] "ghee".
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"Has the eldest, has the youngest not come?" is the Ārbhava hymn.
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"The eldest, the youngest" is a dancing [cadence].
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The sixth day is an end.
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Having reached the end, as it were, one dances,
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for whither should one go from there?
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"These fires, accompanied by Indra, have awakened" is the Vaiśvadeva hymn.
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Its end-form is just this: that it has an udarka refrain.
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"A hymn for Vaiśvānara, increaser of cosmic order" is the Vaiśvānarīya hymn.
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"Like clarified ghee for Agni we produce [praise]" contains [the word] "ghee"; its Brāhmaṇa has been stated.
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"The Maruts, best with streams, of bold strength" is the Māruta hymn.
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"Best with streams" is a dancing [cadence].
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The sixth day is an end.
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Having reached the end, as it were, one dances,
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for whither should one go from there?
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"You, Agni, with days, you desirous of burning" is the Jātavedasīya hymn.
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"You, you" is with an initial repetition.
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Just as having an udarka refrain [is an end-form], so having an initial repetition is an end-form.
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Through the sixth day they attain the waters,
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Prajāpati, the god of the gods.
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They place fiery splendour, supremacy, [and] immortality in themselves.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit