Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.5
English (machine translation) 24.5
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'O god, with sacrifices, mortal...': [this is] the Ājya [recitation] of the first Svara-sāman, containing 'ā', connected with the Rathantara.
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'For lofty, O beams, is your vigor...': [this is that] of the second, containing 'bṛhat', connected with the Bṛhant.
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'O Agni, bring the most powerful...': [this is that] of the third, containing 'ā', connected with the Rathantara.
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The Prauga [recitation] of the first Svara-sāman is that of Madhucchandas;
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that of the second is of Gṛtsamada;
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that of the third is of the Atri lineage, in the Uṣṇih metre.
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Their brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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The introductory verse and the following verse of the Marutvatīya [recitations] are connected, and the Brāhmaṇaspati hymns are connected, in the form of a three-day rite.
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Their brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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'Where is that hero? Who has seen Indra?': [this is] the Marutvatīya hymn of the first Svara-sāman; 'where' contains 'ka-';
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'With what splendour, sharing the same age and home...': [this is that] of the second; 'with what' contains 'ka-'.
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Who indeed is Ka? Ka is Prajāpati;
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Prajāpati is the Svara-sāmans.
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Now, some connect the svaras day by day into this verse, 'Since you were born peerless...', as a third stotriya in the Bṛhatī metre.
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If they should do so,
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these two are the stotriya and anurūpa verses, and this is the insertion verse.
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'Who, anew, of the wanderers...': [this is] the pragātha containing 'ka-'; its brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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Then [comes] the womb of the Rathantara; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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"Which thou holdest, O Indra"—[this is] a two-verse hymn, so that [the womb-verse] does not fall alone,
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lest that Bṛhatī should be recited as if all alone.
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"To thee, O Indra, generous one, we have belonged" is a recognized Triṣṭubh hymn supporting the pressing; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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"Which is thy most effective [protection] for help" is an Anuṣṭubh Niṣkevalya [hymn]; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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"O Indra, bring that insight" has [the word] "bring" (ā) and belongs to the Rathantara.
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