Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.8
English (machine translation) 27.8
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27.8.1
He mentions himself first;
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thus his own self does not become excluded.
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'O listener to the call of Vātāpi'—
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Indra is Vātāpi;
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he, having reached the wind, smote [the enemies] from their bodies.
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The adhvaryu goes back.
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In the unexpressed Gārhapatya, he offers two Prājāpatya oblations.
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Prajāpati is the Gārhapatya;
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and Prajāpati is unexpressed.
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And the chant and the recitation are concluded in the oblation.
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The stotra is finished, the śastra is finished, the theological discussion is finished.
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From then on, they may sacrifice as they desire;
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then they may consume [the soma].
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'This Vena'—these are visibly the bodies of Prajāpati; the hotṛ should recite them:
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