Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.12
English (machine translation) 26.12
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‘Come, O Vāyu, drink the clear, come to us’ is for Vāyu and for Indra and Vāyu.
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‘Come’ contains a word of going.
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That is the characteristic of the end.
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The ninth day is the end.
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Having gone to the end, one indeed moves as it were;
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whither indeed should one go from there?
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‘The quick presser has stood forth at the rites’ contains a word of standing.
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That is the characteristic of the end.
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The ninth day is the end.
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Having gone to the end, one indeed stands still as it were;
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whither indeed should one go from there?
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‘Dwelling in the sky, in the realm of earth’ is the hymn for Mitra and Varuṇa.
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‘Dwelling’ contains a word of dwelling.
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That is the characteristic of the end.
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The ninth day is the end.
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Having gone to the end, one indeed dwells as it were;
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whither indeed should one go from there?
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‘O Aśvins, possessing all boons, come to us’ is the hymn for the Aśvins.
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"Forth that station has been proclaimed for you two on earth" contains [the idea of] standing firm.
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That is a characteristic of the end.
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The ninth day is the end.
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Having reached the end, one stands still, as it were.
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For whither would one go from there?
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"Indra men invoke in the contest" is [the second tṛca] to Indra.
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"When he yokes those thoughts that are decisive"—"decisive" (pāryāḥ) means "supreme" (parārdhyāḥ).
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That is a characteristic of the end.
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The ninth day is the end.
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He places the end at the end.
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"Upward Agni has leaned toward the favor of the Vasu" is [the tṛca] to the Viśve Devas.
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"Has leaned" (aśred) contains [the idea of] leaning.
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That is a characteristic of the end.
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The ninth day is the end.
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Having reached the end, one leans, as it were.
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For whither would one go from there?
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"With her current, nourishing, she flowed forth" is [the tṛca] to Sarasvatī.
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"Pressing hard" implies dancing downward.
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The ninth day is the end.
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Having reached the end, one dances downward, as it were.
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For whither would one go from there?
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These indeed are the Praugas composed by Vasiṣṭha, arranged in tṛcas, in the Triṣṭubh metre.
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Vasiṣṭha is Prajāpati.
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He is the stretcher of the sacrifice.
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He, stretched out again, becomes unexhausted.
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Thereby they obtain all desires in Prajāpati.
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The Bṛhat is the Pṛṣṭha-recitation.
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That is a pair, a form for procreation.
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