Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.5
English (machine translation) 29.5
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29.5.1
Then these ornate compositions (śilpas) are recited in the middle three-day period.
29.5.2
For this middle three-day period is ornate (śilpavant).
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Virāj verses and Vaimadya verses [are recited] on the fourth day.
29.5.4
For the fourth day is related to the Virāj.
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Paṅkti verses and Mahāpaṅkti verses [are recited] on the fifth day.
29.5.6
For the fifth day is related to the Paṅkti.
29.5.7
Hypermetric verses (aticchandas) [are recited] on the sixth day.
29.5.8
For the sixth day is hypermetric.
29.5.9
Moreover, that which is performed elsewhere than on the Bṛhatī is without a pṛṣṭha-stotra.
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And here the pṛṣṭha-sāmans deviate from the Bṛhatī.
29.5.11
Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in the ornate compositions.
29.5.12
Moreover, this middle three-day period is the intermediate space (antarikṣa).
29.5.13
This intermediate space is without support, without a firm foundation.
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Thus day after day they go on establishing a firm foundation in the ornate compositions.
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They are indeed triplets (tṛcas).
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Art indeed is threefold: dance, song, and instrumental music.
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Day after day, they proceed establishing themselves firmly in them.
29.5.18
On the tenth day, the Medhātithi hymn on Bṛhatī verses, [beginning] "Do not recite anything else" [and] "Let us not fear, let us not grow weary," is the pṛṣṭha-stotra of the Maitrāvaruṇa.
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For prior to the tenth day, his pṛṣṭha-stotra is not on Bṛhatī verses.
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Prosperity rests on one single thing.
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The Bṛhatī is indeed prosperity.
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Thereby, at the end, they proceed establishing themselves in prosperity.
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