Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.7
English (machine translation) 23.7
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Cattle are the fifth day; then man is the sixth day.
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That man indeed is Prajāpati, prior to all this.
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Prajāpati indeed is the Aticchandas metre.
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That is the characteristic mark of Prajāpati.
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An Asura woman came against Indra, having made testicles on joint after joint.
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Indra, wishing to overpower her, made male organs on joint after joint.
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Indra indeed is Parucchepa.
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Everything indeed was desired to be conquered by Indra.
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He united with her.
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Through Asura magic, she seized him.
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He saw these repeated pādas.
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By means of them, limb by limb, joint by joint, he was freed from all evil.
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In that Parucchepa's [hymns] are recited on the sixth day both in the middle and in the hotrā [recitations],
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thereby the sacrificers are freed limb by limb, joint by joint, from all evil.
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Having performed the regular first offering verses, they sacrifice with the Pārucchepa verses.
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In that they do not utter the vaṣaṭ-call with them on that day,
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thereby they are left aside.
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And in that they do not omit them,
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[they think:] 'Lest we omit what is firm in the sacrifice, dear to the gods.'
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- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit