Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.4
English (machine translation) 23.4
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Cattle are the fifth day; [the fifth day] is indeed the Paṅkti.
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Now this is its explanation:
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Cattle are the Paṅkti.
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These are its metrical characteristics:
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[verses] containing 'bull', containing 'milch-cow', containing 'milked', containing 'ghee', containing 'sweet', containing 'wealth', containing 'vigor', containing an addition.
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'This guest of yours, waking at dawn' is the ājya [śastra].
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In 'Of wealth, O son of strength, among mortals...', 'of wealth' is [a word] containing 'wealth'.
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That containing 'wealth' is its form.
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That containing an addition is the form of the Paṅkti.
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It is in Jagatī metre, for this three-day period has the morning pressing in Jagatī metre.
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So much for the transposed [order].
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Setting this aside, in the untransposed [order] [the hymn] 'Agni I deem him who is good' belongs to the Paṅkti.
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The fifth day is indeed the Paṅkti.
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What this day is, that are these [verses]:
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'Whom the milch-cows seek as home...'
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Containing [the word] 'cow' (dhenu) is indeed the characteristic of this [day].
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The Prauga [śastra] is in the Bṛhatī metre.
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Cattle are the fifth day.
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Cattle are connected with the Bṛhatī, [it is] just for the attainment of cattle.
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The [verse] 'yat pāñcajanyayā viśā' ('With the fivefold people') is the opening verse of the Marutvatīya [śastra].
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'Pāñcajanyayā' ('With the fivefold')—that is the characteristic of the fifth day.
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The [verse] 'itthā hi soma in made' ('For thus Soma in exhilaration'), containing [the word] 'exhilaration' (mad), is in the Paṅkti metre; its Brāhmaṇa explanation has been stated.
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The [verses beginning] 'avitāsi sunvato vṛktabarhiṣaḥ' ('You are the protector of the presser who has spread the sacrificial grass') are six-footed.
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Six indeed are the seasons, the year [is six seasons].
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[It is] just for the attainment of the year.
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'Their recitation should be recited in the Gāyatrī manner,' Kauṣītaki used to say.
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Then indeed it is successful here, that it is recited in the Gāyatrī manner.
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As for his reciting the praṇava after every eight syllables,
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that is the characteristic of the Gāyatrī.
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The [verse] 'marutvān indra vṛṣabho raṇāya' ('Accompanied by the Maruts, O Indra, a bull for battle') is the recognized Triṣṭubh verse supporting the pressing; its Brāhmaṇa explanation has been stated.
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'A bull for battle'—it contains [the word] 'bull' (vṛṣan).
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That is the characteristic of this day.
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The Marutvatīya hymn 'ayam ha yena vā idam' ('This indeed, by which this...') is in the Gāyatrī metre.
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For this three-day period has its midday pressings in the Gāyatrī metre.
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