Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.6
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Such indeed is [the order] of the first [day].
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"What now of his has not been done?" is a pragātha containing "what" (kad); its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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Then [comes] the womb of the Bṛhat; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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"They sound to thee when pressed, O men"—[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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"O adhvaryu hero, forth to the great [offering] of the pressed [drinks]" is a recognized Triṣṭubh hymn supporting the pressing; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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"The singers of the Gāyatra sing thee" is an Anuṣṭubh Niṣkevalya [hymn]; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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"They raised, as it were, a bamboo pole" has [the prefix] "up" (ud) and belongs to the Bṛhat.
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Such indeed is [the order] of the second [day].
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"These to thee, O Pūruvasu" is a pragātha; the syllables "pāvaka" and the syllables "ka" contain "what" (kad); its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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Then [comes] the womb of the Rathantara, then of the Bṛhat; the Brāhmaṇa of both has been explained.
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"A wild beast like an elephant by gifts"—[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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"This is that vessel for Indra's drinking" is a recognized Triṣṭubh hymn supporting the pressing; its Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
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The Niṣkevalya recitation in Anuṣṭubh meter begins: 'Indra have all enhanced'; its Brāhmaṇa has been stated.
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'Unto thee we shout aloud' contains [the word] 'unto'.
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That is the characteristic form of the Rathantara.
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Such indeed is that of the third [day].
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Thus it is if the Pṛṣṭha stotras are the Svara sāmans.
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Or if the Bṛhat and Rathantara should be applied upon the wombs of the Svara [sāmans],
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this recitation is unmodified.
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If, however, they make the Bṛhat and Rathantara the Pṛṣṭha stotras,
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the Stotriya and Anurūpa verses of the Bṛhat and Rathantara are well known; the Dhāyyā verses are well known.
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