Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.7
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the intermediate world is the second;
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yonder world is the highest.
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Therefore hymns containing 'mahat' are recited on the middle day.
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For this intermediate space is great.
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Moreover, they should contain [the idea of] taking hold.
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This directly expresses the next day.
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"Taking hold of the next day, they dwell," Kauṣītaki used to say.
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"Agni, your god, in harmony with the fires" is the Ājya [śastra].
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"When from the great enclosure he stood forth"—being [a verse] containing "great" (mahadvat), it contains [the idea of] taking hold.
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The Prauga is in the Triṣṭubh metre.
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"Surely, indeed, with reverence those who are augmented" is the [tṛca] to Vāyu containing [the idea of] increase.
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For this day contains "great".
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From the same [hymn] is the next tṛca to Indra and Vāyu: "As much as the speed of the body, as much as the strength."
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"As much as men beholding with the eye" contains [the idea of] taking hold.
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"Unto you two, when the sun has risen, with hymns" is [the tṛca] to Mitra and Varuṇa.
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"I call Mitra, Varuṇa of purified strength" contains [the idea of] taking hold.
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"From her sister, the dawn, the night departs" is [the tṛca] to the Aśvins.
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"Bountiful in horses, bountiful in cattle, may we call upon you two" contains [the idea of] taking hold.
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"This soma for you, O Indra, being pressed" is [the tṛca] to Indra.
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"O heroic priest, taking pleasure in the formulation of sacred speech" contains [the word] "taken hold of".
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"The priest-Angirases have attained [it]" is addressed to the All-gods.
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"May the neighing of the cloud-born [steed] speed forth" contains [the word] "taken hold of".
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"And may that Sarasvatī, being pleased with us" is addressed to Sarasvatī.
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"Grow, radiant one, give wealth to the praiser" contains [forms of the root] vṛdh-.
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For this day contains [forms of the word] mahat-.
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The pṛṣṭha-sāman is based on the Rathantara; the recitation is based on the Bṛhat.
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That is a pair, a form for procreation.
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- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit