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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.8

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24.8.1

The Pratipad verses of the Vaiśvadeva recitations belonging to the first three-day period of the combined Pṛṣṭhya-ṣaḍaha are the Pratipads [here].

24.8.2

The third pressings belonging to the second three-day period are the third pressings together with their Anucaras.

24.8.3

Taking out the Vaiśvadeva hymns that are there, other unexpressed ones addressed to Prajāpati, being indirectly addressed to the Viśve Devas, are inserted:

24.8.4

'Forth to you drinkable, ye swift in wrath, the Soma draught', 'Him as of old, as formerly, as everywhere, even so', 'How indeed a vessel of men desiring the gods?'

24.8.5

Corresponding to the Nābhānediṣṭha hymn.

24.8.6

However, hymns directly addressed to the Viśve Devas should rather be inserted:

24.8.7

'Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman' on the first day contains 'kad' [by the word] 'having propped the sky'.

24.8.8

'The gods I call, of high renown, for welfare' on the second day contains 'kad' [by the word] 'light-maker'.

24.8.9

'Dawn and Night, the great, fair-formed' on the third day contains 'kad' [by the word] 'night'.

24.8.10

Who (ka) indeed is Prajāpati.

24.8.11

Prajāpati is the Svara sāmans.

24.8.12

They conclude either as Agniṣṭomas or as Ukthyas.

24.8.13

'As Agniṣṭomas,' was the view of Paiṅgya.

24.8.14

Those who undertake the Agniṣṭomas become endowed with sacred splendor.

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'They should be Ukthyas,' said Kauṣītaki.

24.8.16

That sacrificial rite is complete which is an Ukthya.

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For it has fifteen stotras,

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and fifteen recitations;

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these make thirty praised and recited chants.

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It attains the Virāj.

24.8.21

The Virāj is prosperity and food.

24.8.22

For the attainment of prosperity, the Virāj, and food; for the attainment of prosperity, the Virāj, and food.

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