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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.14

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He should reside among a vaiśya;

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the vaiśya indeed thrives, as it were,

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for the attainment of whatever food is in a vaiśya.

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He should reside among a kṣatriya;

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For this is the highest food, namely the kṣatriya.

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It is to obtain the highest food.

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He should dwell with a brāhmaṇa of the same gotra.

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It is to obtain the food that is within the same gotra.

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For a year he should wander, sleeping on the ground, eating [only food] ploughed by the share, accepting [what is offered], not begging for food, wearing whatever [clothing he obtains].

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He clothes himself with that.

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“After wandering for twelve nights, he should then be ready for another prosperity,” Kauṣītaki used to say.

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“The year consists indeed of twelve months;

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it is the image of the year.”

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The ājya [recitations] of the hotrakas belong to Prajāpati and are unexpressed.

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Their stotriya verses are: “Enable us, of the earthly…”; “They yoke the ruddy steed…”; “Them indeed continuously they praise…”; or “Praise him who with flame…”.

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Those that are the stotriya verses of the sixth day are the anurūpa verses of the Viśvajit.

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For the sixth day belongs to Prajāpati;

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the Viśvajit is Prajāpati.

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The other five [verses] are that recitation.

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With the concluding couplets they conclude.

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The concluding couplets are indeed a firm foundation;

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[it is] for a firm foundation, for a firm foundation.

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