Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.14
English (machine translation) 26.14
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"Towards thee, divine Savitṛ" is [the hymn] addressed to Savitṛ.
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"Towards" is yonder world.
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That is the symbol of yonder world.
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"Forth to you, the two great heavens, towards" is [the hymn] addressed to Heaven and Earth.
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"The two great heavens, towards": that is the symbol of yonder world.
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"May Indra give us food" is one [verse]; "Bestow treasures upon us" is two [verses]; that is the triplet addressed to the Ṛbhus.
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"Singularly with good praises": "singularly" is a dancing-down.
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The ninth day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one dances down, as it were.
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For whither should one go from there?
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Then the Vaiśvadeva recitation is [by] Manu.
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Manu is the full span of life.
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Thereby he bestows the full span of life on the sacrifice and on the sacrificers.
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"All gods, come hither" is the Vaiśvadeva hymn by Bharadvāja.
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"Come": it contains [a form of the root] *gam* ("to go").
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That is the symbol of the end.
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The ninth day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one departs, as it were.
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For whither should one go from there?
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[It is] in Gāyatrī metre; for this three-day period has the third pressing in Gāyatrī metre.
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"On the back of heaven he shone" is [the hymn] addressed to Vaiśvānara.
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"In heaven": that is the symbol of yonder world.
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"The Maruts, whose dwelling" is [the hymn] addressed to the Maruts.
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"Dwelling": it contains [a form of the root] *kṣi* ("to dwell").
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That is the symbol of the end.
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The ninth day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one rests, as it were.
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For whither should one go from there?
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"Agni, the hotṛ, placed in front" is [the hymn] addressed to Jātavedas.
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"The dwelling, O pure with flame": "the dwelling" contains [a form of the root] *kṣi* ("to dwell").
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That is the symbol of the end.
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The ninth day is an end.
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Having reached the end, one rests, as it were.
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For whither should one go from there?
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[It is] in Gāyatrī metre; for this three-day period has the third pressing in Gāyatrī metre.
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These are the hymns of the Agnimāruta recitation.
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These are the hymns of this day.
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It concludes as an Ukthya sacrifice.
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Its attainment is that of the third day.
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Day after day, two-footed verses are recited.
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The Chandomas are indeed cattle.
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The two-footed verses are the metre belonging to the sacrificers.
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Thereby he places the sacrificers above the cattle.
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For a man stands over cattle; a man stands over cattle.
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