Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.5
English (machine translation) 25.5
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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".
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That is the characteristic of this day.
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If [the Bṛhat is] not in its own womb,
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"Resorting, as it were, to the sun" is the stotriya verse containing "sun".
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That is the characteristic mark of this day.
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“If, O Indra, a hundred heavens were yours” is the anurūpa verse; containing “a thousand suns”, it contains [the word] sun.
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That is the characteristic mark of this day.
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“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.
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That is the characteristic mark of this day.
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Then he recites the two wombs of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara.
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“Indra truly knows through renown of him” is the opening verse of the recitation; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.
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“He who alone is worthy to be invoked by the peoples” is in Triṣṭubh metre; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.
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Thus it is if they perform the Bṛhat in its own womb or not in its own womb.
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If they perform [the rite] without both sāmans,
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it is the same up to the opening verse of the recitation.
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He should omit the two wombs of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara.
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“Praise him who is overpowering in strength” is in Triṣṭubh metre,
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by virtue of this characteristic mark: “Exalt with songs the bull of the peoples!”
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The rest is the same.
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“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.
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That is the characteristic mark of this day.
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Both Triṣṭubh and Jagatī verses are recited.
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Set upon the Triṣṭubh and Jagatī, indeed, this sun burns firmly established.
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Thereby they touch him directly.
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