Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 22.2
English (machine translation) 22.2
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22.2.1
'Yuñjate mana uta yuñjate dhiyaḥ', 'Pra dyāvā yajñaiḥ pṛthivī ṛtāvṛdhā', and 'Iheha vo manasā bandhutā naraḥ' are the ārbhava recitation.
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With it he restrains [the sacrifice].
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For hymns containing 'yukta' and containing 'pra' are recited on the first day.
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As to why he uses 'Iheha vaḥ' as the ārbhava hymn:
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it is a mark for restraint, for not falling away.
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'Hayo na vidvān ayuji svayaṃ dhuri' is the vaiśvadeva recitation, containing 'yukta'.
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For [a verse] containing 'yukta' is the characteristic mark of the first day.
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He leaves out its last two verses [thinking]:
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'Will not these two, having been determined, be recited in the Agnimāruta recitation?'
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On this point Kauṣītaki used to say:
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'He should indeed recite them, so that the hymn is not broken up.'
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A verse does not lose its ritual potency by recitation,
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nor by repetitive recitation;
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it is by the vaṣaṭ-call indeed that it loses its ritual potency on the same day.
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'Vaiśvānarāya pṛthupājase vipaḥ' is the vaiśvānara hymn.
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In it occurs 'tasmint sumnāni yajamāna ā cake', containing 'ā'.
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For [a verse] containing 'ā' is the characteristic mark of the first day.
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'Pra śardhāya mārutāya svabhānave' is the māruta hymn, containing 'pra'.
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For [a verse] containing 'pra' is the characteristic mark of the first day.
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'Pra tavyasīṃ navyasīṃ dhītim agnaye' is the hymn to Jātavedas, containing 'pra'.
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For [a verse] containing 'pra' is the characteristic mark of the first day.
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By the first day they obtain this world,
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the Gāyatrī among metres, the Trivṛt among stomas, the Rathantara among sāmans,
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the eastern quarter, spring among seasons,
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the Vasu gods, and Agni the overlord born of the gods.
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