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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.8

English (machine translation) 26.8

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26.8.1

"Great Indra, heroic, filling the peoples" is the first of the Triṣṭubh hymns to Marutvat.

26.8.2

Containing [a form of] mahat-, it contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.3

"These [hymns] to you from the most frequent maker" is the second.

26.8.4

"The offerings, O hero, invoke the offerings" contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.5

"Where is that hero? Who has seen Indra?" is the third.

26.8.6

"Speeding along on an easy chariot with two bays" contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.7

"You, O Indra, even out of great [danger], restrain them" is the fourth.

26.8.8

"Even out of great danger you are a protector" contains [a form of] mahat- and contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.9

"To him Heaven and Earth, of one mind" is the fifth.

26.8.10

"When, creating this Indra-power, greatness" contains [a form of] mahat- and contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.11

[These are] Triṣṭubh and Jagatī [verses]; for this three-day period has the Jagatī metre and has Jagatī at midday.

26.8.12

"You are great, O Indra; for you the earths [bow]" is the first of the Triṣṭubh hymns of the Niṣkevalya.

26.8.13

Containing [a form of] mahat-, it contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.14

"You are great, O Indra, who by your fiery vigor" is the second, containing [a form of] mahat-.

26.8.15

For this day contains [forms of the word] mahat-.

26.8.16

"Unprecedented, most abundant to him" is the third.

26.8.17

"To the great, heroic, powerful, swift one" contains [a form of] mahat- and contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.18

"That fame of yours, O generous one, by your greatness" is the fourth.

26.8.19

Containing [a form of] mahat-, it contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.20

"I offer to you this thought, great from the great" is the fifth.

26.8.21

Containing [a form of] mahat-, it contains [the word] "taken hold of".

26.8.22

[These are] Triṣṭubh and Jagatī [verses]; for this three-day period has the Jagatī metre and has Jagatī at midday.

26.8.23

Five hymns each are recited for the Niṣkevalya and the Marutvatīya on the middle Chandoma day.

26.8.24

Cattle indeed are the Chandomas.

26.8.25

Cattle are fivefold.

26.8.26

[It serves] solely for the attainment of cattle.

26.8.27

They amount to ten.

26.8.28

The Virāj consists of tens.

26.8.29

The Virāj is prosperity, food.

26.8.30

[It serves] for the attainment of prosperity, the Virāj, and food.

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