Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 22.6
English (machine translation) 22.6
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22.6.1
"Towards you, divine Savitṛ" is the follow-up verse containing the word 'towards'.
22.6.2
It is just for the variety of the pṛṣṭha stotras.
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As to this they say: "Since the third day is an end, then why is the follow-up verse containing the word 'towards'?"
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"By means of this day, indeed, the gods went to the heavenly world.
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Striving towards it, indeed, they then went.
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For that reason," he should say.
22.6.7
"High indeed that god Savitṛ with golden" [and] "Rich in ghee, for the beauty of beings" contain the word 'ghee'; the explanation of the two has been stated.
22.6.8
"Without a horse, unborn, without reins, worthy of praise" is [the hymn] to the Ṛbhus.
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"The three-wheeled chariot traverses the space" [is read].
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"Three-wheeled"—that is the symbol of the third day.
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"Those from afar who maintained alliance" is the Vaiśvadeva hymn.
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Some [verses] have refrains at the half-verse.
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Now this one has a refrain at the third quarter.
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That is the symbol of the third day.
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"To Vaiśvānara, our devotion, who increases truth" is the hymn to Vaiśvānara.
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"Ghee like purified to the front runner of people we offer" contains the word 'ghee'; its explanation has been stated.
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"Best at pouring streams, the Maruts, bold in might" is the hymn to the Maruts.
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"Best at pouring streams" 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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"You, O Agni, were the first seer Aṅgiras" is the hymn to Jātavedas.
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"You, you"—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.
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By the third day they attain that yonder world.
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[They obtain] the Jagatī metre, the seventeenfold stoma, and the Vairūpa sāman;
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the western direction, and the rainy season among seasons;
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the Ādityas among the gods, the god-born;
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Varuṇa the overlord, Varuṇa the overlord.
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