Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.8
English (machine translation) 23.8
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Having performed the regular first season-offerings, they sacrifice with the Gārtsamada 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 also in that they do not omit them,
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'Lest we omit what is firm in the sacrifice, dear to the gods,' [they think].
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Thereby they belong to the aticchandas.
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Thus their vaṣaṭ-call is made with [verses] of seven pādas.
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Now Kauṣītaki used to say regarding this:
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'The metres with Virāj as eighth indeed protect him who burns yonder.
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They confuse that proportion, who sacrifice with aticchandas [verses].
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Therefore they should sacrifice with the [verses] of the one-day rite only,
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so as not to confuse the path of the gods.'
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On this point Aṇīcīmauna Jābāla approached the householders sitting at the sacrificial session and asked:
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'Did you depart from the day, or from Parucchepa?'
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They remained silent.
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Thereupon, from the northern half of the sadas, Citra Gauśrāyaṇi replied:
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or Gauśra:
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'We did not indeed depart from the day, nor from Parucchepa.
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By the recitation Parucchepa followed our day.
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We sacrificed with the [verses] of the one-day rite;
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thereby we did not depart from the day.'
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They should sacrifice properly according to rule.
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The sixth day is indeed the domain of the gods.
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