Regarding this they say: 'Then why, at the Viśvajit, an all-pṛṣṭha one-day rite, are the śilpas recited at the third pressing, [and] why at the midday in the Agniṣṭoma?'

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Those downward vital breaths here, they are the śilpas.

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The sacrifice is the Man.

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Those which are his upward vital breaths, that is the morning pressing.

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The trunk is the midday.

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Those which are downward, that is the third pressing; they are the śilpas.

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Therefore the śilpas are recited at the third pressing.

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For this is their proper place.

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Now, as for the fact that in the Agniṣṭoma, in the annual session, at the Viśvajit with all pṛṣṭhas, the śilpas are recited at midday:

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The pṛṣṭhas are the trunk.

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The śilpas are the vital breaths.

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Vital breaths are not perceived apart from the trunk.

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Nor is the trunk [perceived] apart from the vital breaths.

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Nor are these two distinct.

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Therefore, even in the Agniṣṭoma, the śilpas are recited at midday,

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[thinking:] 'Lest I separate the trunk from the vital breaths.'

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