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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.5

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28.5.1

Then the adhvaryu says to him: 'Acchāvāka, speak what is to be spoken by you.'

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Thereby he says to him: 'Acchāvāka, seek an invitation.'

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With 'Unto your Agni for help...' [RV 5.25.1], the Acchāvāka recites [verses] addressed to Agni.

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The morning pressing belongs to Agni.

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They are in the Anuṣṭubh metre.

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That Anuṣṭubh is indeed Gāyatrī.

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The Gāyatrī is Agni's metre.

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They are three [verses].

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For Agni is threefold: the embers, the flame, and the smoke.

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At the third utterance of the last [verse], he joins the nigada formula with the praṇava:

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'O sacrificer, hotṛ, adhvaryu, agnīdh, brahman, potṛ, neṣṭṛ, and upavaktṛ!'

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The Praśāstṛ is the upavaktṛ.

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Moreover, it is expressed by a ṛc:

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'The upavaktṛ of the people' [RV 8.92.24].

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'Refresh yourselves with sap; conquer with vigor!'

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Sap is food, vigor is food;

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thereby he says to them: 'Anoint yourselves with food.'

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'May your kin submit; may your non-kin submit!'

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Both what is kin and what is not kin,

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thereby he says to them: 'May that submit to you.'

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Moreover, it is expressed by a ṛc:

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'Crush the kin and the non-kin enemies' [RV 6.44.17].

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"[Let] your rivals [fall] down, overthrown on their way."

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"May your rivals be struck down in battle," he thereby says to them.

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"May you conquer the attacking [army]; may you conquer with the attacking [army]."

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The attacking [one] is an army.

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"Conquer army with army," he thereby says to them.

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"May Indra hear you; may Agni hear you."

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"May Indra hear us; may Agni hear [us]," he thereby speaks a blessing.

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"Having set forth, proclaim the Soma to Indra and Agni; invite us, O Brahmins, [being] Brahmins!"

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Thereby he seeks invitation among all [of them].

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The hotṛ invites him.

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For he is the chief among them.

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"The one whom the chief invites,

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he indeed is invited," he used to say.

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