"May the great shining one drink the sweet soma" is the stotriya triplet; "the all-shining, radiant, great sun to see" contains [the prefix] "apart" (vi), is luminous, and contains "sun".

25.4.2

That is the characteristic of this day.

25.4.3

"The sun unyoked his chariot in the midst of heaven" is the anurūpa, containing [the prefix] "apart" (vi) and containing "sun".

25.4.4

The metre is the same, namely the Jagatī.

25.4.5

However, "Always to thee with good thoughts and clear eyes" is settled as the solar [verse] of the solar [hymn],

25.4.6

by virtue of this form: "May we, living long, behold the sun."

25.4.7

"Truly great art thou, O Sun" is the chant pragātha containing "sun".

25.4.8

That is the characteristic of this day.

25.4.9

Then he recites the two wombs of the Bṛhat and Rathantara.

25.4.10

"Indra indeed knows by fame of this" is the opening verse of the uktha; "He is victorious, path-maker for the sun" contains "sun".

25.4.11

That is the characteristic of this day.

25.4.12

However, "Be auspicious to us with thy glance, be auspicious to us through the day" is settled as the solar [verse] of the solar [hymn],

25.4.13

by virtue of this form: "O Sun, bestow upon us marvelous wealth."

25.4.14

"Who alone is to be invoked by the peoples" is a Triṣṭubh [hymn],

25.4.15

by virtue of this form: "Thou hast illuminated the heavenly mid-regions."

25.4.16

Thus it is if the Mahādivākīrtya is the pṛṣṭha-sāman.

25.4.17

If, however, they perform the Bṛhat in its own womb,

25.4.18

having recited the continuous recitation of the Bṛhat, he recites the womb of the Rathantara.

25.4.19

"Indra indeed knows by fame of this" is the opening verse of the uktha; "He is victorious, path-maker for the sun" contains "sun".

25.4.20

That is the characteristic of this day.

25.5.1

"Like heaven which, O Indra, we overcame, the noble one" is a Triṣṭubh [hymn]; "Indra for Kutsa in the winning of the sun" contains "sun".

25.5.2

That is the characteristic of this day.

25.5.3

If [the Bṛhat is] not in its own womb,

25.5.4

"Resorting, as it were, to the sun" is the stotriya verse containing "sun".

25.5.5

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.5.6

“If, O Indra, a hundred heavens were yours” is the anurūpa verse; containing “a thousand suns”, it contains [the word] sun.

25.5.7

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.5.8

“He who all the days is wide-seeing” is the sāman pragātha; containing “the sun in his bodies and in the waters”, it contains [the word] sun.

25.5.9

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.5.10

Then he recites the two wombs of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara.

25.5.11

“Indra truly knows through renown of him” is the opening verse of the recitation; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.

25.5.12

“He who alone is worthy to be invoked by the peoples” is in Triṣṭubh metre; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.

25.5.13

Thus it is if they perform the Bṛhat in its own womb or not in its own womb.

25.5.14

If they perform [the rite] without both sāmans,

25.5.15

it is the same up to the opening verse of the recitation.

25.5.16

He should omit the two wombs of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara.

25.5.17

“Praise him who is overpowering in strength” is in Triṣṭubh metre,

25.5.18

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “Exalt with songs the bull of the peoples!”

25.5.19

The rest is the same.

25.5.20

“Towards that ram invoked by many, worthy of praise” is in Jagatī metre; containing “then you mounted the sun in heaven to be seen”, it contains [the word] sun.

25.5.21

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.5.22

Both Triṣṭubh and Jagatī verses are recited.

25.5.23

Set upon the Triṣṭubh and Jagatī, indeed, this sun burns firmly established.

25.5.24

Thereby they touch him directly.

25.6.1

“To your two bay horses at the great rite I would recite…”;

25.6.2

having recited nine [verses] of it, having called [with the āhāva], he inserts the nivid.

25.6.3

Containing “reveal [the light] to the bay horse, to the sun”, it contains [the word] sun.

25.6.4

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.6.5

He continues beyond the four [verses] of the hymn addressed to the bay horses [“pra te mahe”].

25.6.6

“May the true, the generous, the drinker of soma dregs come” is twenty-one [verses],

25.6.7

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “They made the two great lights shine, when indeed from the dawn…”.

25.6.8

These make twenty-five.

25.6.9

“To the all-conquering, wealth-winning, sun-winning” are six Jagatī verses,

25.6.10

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “For Indra, the worshipful, the desirable soma…”.

25.6.11

These make thirty-one.

25.6.12

On those Jagatī verses he mounts the difficult mounting.

25.6.13

He who burns here is connected with the Jagatī;

25.6.14

the difficult mounting belongs to the sacrificers.

25.6.15

Thereby the sacrificers mount him.

25.6.19

Thereby they obtain the atmosphere world.

25.6.20

Three times by padas is the third;

25.6.21

thereby they obtain that yonder world.

25.6.22

Entire, it is the entrance.

25.6.23

Three times by padas, by half-verses, by padas;

25.6.24

thereby they become established in this world,

25.6.25

in a firm establishment without falling away.

25.7.1

When this verse used for the difficult mounting is completely recited, seven Jagatī verses are produced.

25.7.2

These make thirty-eight.

25.7.3

“He [has brought low] the many [hostile deeds] of that wanderer” is a six-verse hymn in Jagatī metre; containing “the sun accompanies Indra like the dawn”, it contains [the word] sun.

25.7.4

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.7.5

These make forty-four.

25.7.6

“The bird anointed with the asura’s craft” is three verses,

25.7.7

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “that shining, heavenly prayer…”.

25.7.8

These make forty-seven.

25.7.9

With “Guide us, knowing, to broad space”, recited thrice as the concluding verse,

25.7.10

by virtue of this characteristic mark: “Sun-like light, safety, well-being…”,

25.7.11

these make fifty.

25.7.12

The earlier [verses] were fifty-one.

25.7.13

These become one hundred and one verses.

25.7.14

A person has a life of one hundred [years], a hundred joints, a hundred powers, a hundred faculties.

25.7.15

That which is the one-hundred-and-first is the world of the sacrificer.

25.7.16

Thus here they refine the sacrificers.

25.7.17

Having thus refined the sacrificers here, in the beginning, they generate them with the Mahāvrata day—this is the Paiṅgya concord.

25.7.18

Now Kauṣītaki’s [view]:

25.7.19

[The procedure is] the same up to the Ukthyamukhīyā [verse].

25.7.20

The Ṛtur janitrīyam consists of thirteen verses, the Bṛhat and Rathantara [verses] having been removed.

25.7.21

Of that, eleven [verses are recited] in their own womb;

25.7.22

nine elsewhere,

25.7.23

with the characteristic [verse], 'Changing its form, he went alone through the waters.'

25.7.24

[Then follows the hymn,] 'Come, O Indra, with your bay steeds,' consisting of fifteen [verses],

25.7.25

with the characteristic [verse], 'Come well unto us with like-formed [steeds].'

25.7.26

Having recited eleven [verses] of the higher [group], he inserts the nivid.

25.7.27

Having recited fifty-one [verses] in the middle of a hundred and one, he goes up to two of the higher [group].

25.7.28

'May the true Maghavan, consumer of the soma dregs, come' consists of twenty-one; they [become] twenty-three.

25.7.29

[The hymn beginning] 'Viśvajitaḥ' consists of six; they [become] twenty-nine.

25.7.30

The Dūrohaṇa [verses] are seven; they [become] thirty-six.

25.7.31

'You alone were born, O lord of wealth, among wealth' is a Triṣṭubh hymn of five verses, containing 'sun' on account of: 'at the tenth turn of the sun.'

25.7.32

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.7.33

They [become] forty-one.

25.7.34

'That swift, god-impelled steed' is the Tārkṣya [hymn], consisting of three [verses],

25.7.35

with the characteristic [verse], 'Like the sun with light, he has stretched across the waters.'

25.7.36

They [become] forty-four.

25.7.37

The Pataṅga [hymn] consists of three [verses]; they [become] forty-seven.

25.7.38

With the concluding verse, 'Lead us forward, knowing, to a wide world,' recited thrice, they become fifty.

25.7.39

The earlier [verses] are fifty-one.

25.7.40

They make one hundred and one verses; the Brāhmaṇa explanation of them has [already] been told.

25.8.1

'They yoke the mind and they yoke the thoughts' is [the hymn] to Savitṛ; with 'and with the rays of the sun thou unitest' it contains [the word] sun.

25.8.2

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.8.3

'Verily those two, Heaven and Earth, all-beneficent' is [the hymn] to Heaven and Earth; with 'a god [and] a goddess, by law, the bright sun' it contains [the word] sun.

25.8.4

That is the characteristic mark of this day.

25.8.7

'Has the eldest, has the youngest come to us?' is [the hymn] to the Ṛbhus.

25.8.6

With 'When he surveyed the four cups made', through [the word] 'he surveyed', it has that characteristic mark.

25.8.7_2

'I call upon the gods of wide renown for welfare' is [the hymn] to All the Gods; with 'Who attained a share in the light of the sun' it contains [the word] sun and contains light.

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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

Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25

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