Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 22.3
English (machine translation) 22.3
- Language
- English
22.3.1
The second day is the world of the atmosphere in its abode.
22.3.2
Indra, the Triṣṭubh, the fifteenfold stoma,
22.3.3
that is its primary basis.
22.3.4
These are its metrical characteristics:
22.3.5
an active participle (kurvan), [a characteristic] in the middle verse-quarter, accompanied by "eva" (sadevam);
22.3.6
what is directly perceptible, grasping forward, that is "acting" (kurvat);
22.3.7
containing "slain" (hatavat), containing "vajra" (vajravat), containing "Vṛtra-slayer" (vṛtrahavat), containing "bull" (vṛṣaṇvat), containing "up" (udvat), containing "vi-" (vivat), containing "stood" (sthitam), [and] "in the body" (tanvām).
22.3.8
"Agni as messenger we choose" is the ājya [recitation].
22.3.9
"The hotṛ of all-wealth" contains "vi-" (vivat); its brāhmaṇa explanation has been told.
22.3.10
It is in Gāyatrī, for this three-day period has a Gāyatrī morning pressing.
22.3.11
This is in the shifted (vyūḍha) [order].
22.3.12
Removing this, [the hymn] "For you [have attained] fame like Kṣetravat" is in the continuous (samūḍha) [order]; its brāhmaṇa explanation has been told.
22.3.13
The prauga [recitation] belongs to Gṛtsamada; its brāhmaṇa explanation has been told.
22.3.16
That is the characteristic feature of this day.
22.3.17
"Whatever aid of yours is lowest, whatever highest" is the niṣkevalya [recitation].
22.3.18
"With those very [aids] help us in the slaying of Vṛtra" contains the word "Vṛtra-slaying" (vṛtrahavat).
22.3.19
That is the characteristic feature of this day.
22.3.20
"Everyone [longs for the grace] of the god who leads" and "Unto the all-god, the lord of the good" are the stotriya and anurūpa; their brāhmaṇa explanation has been told.
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