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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.5

English (machine translation) 26.5

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26.5.1

'With what splendor, of equal age, having the same nest...' is the Marutvatīya hymn.

26.5.2

That is the concord-and-prosperity hymn.

26.5.3

By this Indra and the Maruts came to agreement.

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His own people agree to his supremacy, who knows thus.

26.5.5

'With what thought, whence have these come?' contains 'hither' (ā-), belonging to the Rathantara.

26.5.6

'Magnify that ram, the finder of light...' is in the Jagatī metre.

26.5.7

'May I turn Indra hither for help with good praises...' contains 'hither' (ā-), belonging to the Rathantara.

26.5.8

Two hymns are in the Triṣṭubh and Jagatī; the midday is in the Jagatī metre, for this three-day period has a Jagatī midday.

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They say about this: 'Since the Rathantara is the Pṛṣṭha stotra according to the proper place of the seventh day, why then is the Bṛhat performed day after day?'

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These days, indeed, have great stomas;

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therefore the Bṛhat is performed day after day,

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for the strength of these very days,

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so that these Chandomas may not collapse.

26.5.14

Having recited the extension of the Bṛhat, he recites the womb verse (yoni) of the Rathantara.

26.5.15

'Our father did not state anything that expressed a contrary view; so indeed it was,' Kauṣītaki used to say.

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Wherever, however, these two sāmans coincide on the same day,

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there he should recite after [the stotra] the womb verse of the one or the other.

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If they should perform the Kaṇva-Rathantara,

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he should not recite after [it] its womb verse.

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[he recites, for] the original verse of the other pṛṣṭha stotras is not to be recited.

26.5.21

"Praise him whose might is conquering" and "That ram, widely invoked, worthy of song"—both containing [the prefix] 'abhi'.

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That is the Rathantara characteristic.

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They are Triṣṭubh and Jagatī; the midday is in Jagatī meter, for this three-day period has Jagatī midday.

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Two hymns each are recited for the Niṣkevalya and Marutvatīya recitations on the first Chandoma day.

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Two-footed is the sacrificer,

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for firm support.

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They amount to four.

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The Chandoma days are cattle.

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Fourfold are cattle,

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and also four-footed, just for the attainment of cattle.

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