Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 22.5
English (machine translation) 22.5
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The third day is yonder world indeed by its abode;
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Varuṇa, the Jagatī, the seventeenfold stoma, the Vairūpa sāman—
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that is its primary basis.
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These are its metrical characteristics:
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a perfect participle (cakṛvat), in the final verse-quarter, accompanied by "eva" (sad-evam);
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what refers to the past, that is "having done" (cakṛvat);
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containing "horse" (aśvāvat), containing "cow" (gomat), containing "chariot" (rathavat), containing "gone" (gatavat), containing "stood" (sthitavat), containing an end (antavat), having a concluding refrain (sodarka), unexpressed (anirukta), [and] having an introductory formula (saprabhṛti).
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"Yoke, indeed, the most invoking of the gods" is the Ājya recitation.
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As to this they say: "Since the third day is an end, then why is the Ājya recitation containing the word 'yoked'?"
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"By means of this day, indeed, the gods went to the heavenly world.
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Yoked, indeed, they then went.
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For that reason," he should say.
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"The horses, O Agni, like charioteers" contains the word 'chariot'.
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That is the symbol of this day.
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It is in Gāyatrī verses, for this three-day period has its morning pressing in Gāyatrī verses.
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Thus it is in the shifted order.
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Leaving this out, [he uses] "You, O Agni, the Vasus here" in the regular order; the explanation of it has been stated.
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The Prauga recitation is in Uṣṇih verses, composed by Atri.
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The third day is connected with the Jagatī metre.
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As to why the Prauga recitation of the third day is in Uṣṇih verses and composed by Atri,
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thereby the Jagatī metre shares in the morning pressing.
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"Threefold Aryaman, human, godhead" is the Marutvatīya hymn.
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"Threefold"—that is the symbol of the third day.
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"If to you, O Indra, twice one hundred" is the stotriya of the Vairūpa [sāman].
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"And one hundred earths should be" contains dance.
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The third day is an end.
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For having reached an end, one dances down, as it were.
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For where could he go from there?
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"Indra, threefold refuge" is a pragātha containing the word 'three'.
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"Threefold"—that is the symbol of the third day.
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"I have become the first master of wealth" is the hymn to Indra.
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"I, I"—it has a repeated initial expression.
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Just as that which has a refrain, even so that which has a repeated initial expression is a symbol of the end, belonging to the Jagatī.
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The third day is indeed connected with the Jagatī.
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Thus he makes it prosper with its own metre.
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In this [hymn] in the Triṣṭubh metre, "Who, as soon as born, the first thoughtful one", he inserts the nivid.
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That is this hymn to Indra's body.
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Inserting the nivid in this hymn, Gṛtsamada Bābhrava reached Indra's dear abode.
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He indeed reaches Indra's dear abode and wins the highest world who inserts the nivid in this hymn.
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Its symbol of the end is just this: that it refers to past events—"Who made the Dāsa color lowest in concealment"—
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in that this is, as it were, past.
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It has a refrain; that is the second symbol of the end.
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