Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.10
English (machine translation) 23.10
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23.10.1
"Which chariot, O Indra, for the winning of wisdom" is by Parucchepa.
23.10.2
In "Who with heroes wins the sun," the word "with heroes" is the distinctive mark of the joint in it.
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"He who, a bull, dwelling together with virile powers" is the recognized Triṣṭubh support of the pressing; the explanation of it has been stated.
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"A bull, with virile powers" is a dancing-off.
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The sixth day is the end.
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Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down.
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For whither could one go from there?
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"Accompanied by the Maruts, O bounteous Indra" is the Marutvatīya hymn in Gāyatrī metre.
23.10.9
For this three-day period has a Gāyatrī midday.
23.10.10
"Rich [cows] for our joint feast... like a rich man indeed, a rich praiser"—thus on the womb of the Raivata [sāman] the Vāravantīya is carried: a sāman sacred to Agni upon verses sacred to Indra.
23.10.11
That is a pairing, a form for procreation.
23.10.12
"Do not recite anything else" is the pragātha of the sāman:
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"O comrades, do not be harmed."
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"Comrades" has all forms.
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The sixth day indeed possesses all forms.
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Therefore, saying "O comrades," he addresses all indeed.
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"O Indra, come unto us from afar" is by Parucchepa.
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[With the words] "from afar":
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"From afar" is indeed the end.
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The sixth day is the end.
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He places the end at the end.
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"Forth now the great deeds of this great one" is the recognized Triṣṭubh support of the pressing; the explanation of it has been stated.
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"The great deeds of the great one" is a dancing-off.
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The sixth day is the end.
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Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down.
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For whither could one go from there?
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"Unto our pressed [soma] with the two bay horses" is the Niṣkevalya recitation.
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"Come, O lord of exhilarating draughts, unto our [pressed soma] with the two bay horses" is a dancing-off.
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The sixth day is the end.
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Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down.
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For whither could one go from there?
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It is in Gāyatrī metre; for this three-day period has a Gāyatrī midday.
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