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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.10

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27.10.1

They grasp the audumbarī post.

27.10.2

The udumbara is indeed sap and food;

27.10.3

[they do so] to obtain sap and food.

27.10.4

The hotṛ should place his hands uppermost,

27.10.5

[thinking,] 'May I be uppermost.'

27.10.6

He indeed becomes uppermost.

27.10.7

Restraining their speech, they sit until the sighting of the stars.

27.10.8

Indeed, when beings rest restraining their speech, they invigorate speech,

27.10.9

[thinking,] 'May we in the end prosper with swollen, undistributed speech.'

27.10.10

When the stars are visible, an uninitiated person standing outside says, 'The initiated [knows]!' or 'He knows!'

27.10.11

They uncover the two doors of the sadas;

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likewise of the hall.

27.10.13

Coming out just as they had entered, along the end of the mārjālīya, they release their sight toward the stars [reciting], 'That eye placed by the gods, bright, rising…'

27.10.14

The stars are indeed light;

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thus they place light in themselves.

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They enter the two havirbhāna carts by the farther door.

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Then the adhvaryu, taking hold of the pole of the northern havirdhāna cart, says, 'Sing the prosperity of the sacrificial session!'

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He sings the prosperity of the sacrificial session;

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thereby they attain the prosperity of the sacrificial session.

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All join in the finale of the sāman.

27.10.21

The finale is indeed a firm foundation, for the sake of a firm foundation.

27.10.22

They go to the north of the two havirdhāna carts, or beneath the axle of the northern [cart], muttering an Indra verse in an atichandas metre.

27.10.23

By the atichandas metre alone they strike away the evil beneath the axle.

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