Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.8
English (machine translation) 29.8
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29.8.1
Having recited beyond the stoma at the morning pressings, they recite ahīna hymns at the midday [pressings] on the twenty-fourth [day], the Abhijit, the Viṣuvant, the Bṛhat-pṛṣṭha, the Viśvajit, and the Mahāvrata day.
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For these days are ahīna [days].
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As to why they recite ahīna hymns at the midday [pressings]:
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these days indeed depart, turning away,
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[and they recite them thinking:] 'Lest we depart away.'
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Having recited the ahīna hymns, they conclude with [verses] belonging to the one-day rite.
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The one-day rite is indeed a firm foundation; [it is] just for firm foundation.
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Cattle are fivefold;
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[it is] just for the attainment of cattle.
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Both the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin and the Acchāvāka recite four hymns each on all the Chandoma [days].
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The Chandomas are indeed cattle.
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Cattle are fourfold,
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and four-footed; [it is] just for the attainment of cattle.
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The recitations have five calls.
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The ukthas are indeed cattle;
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cattle are fivefold;
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[it is] just for the attainment of cattle.
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The offering verses for the ukthya belong to the one-day rite.
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The one-day rite is indeed a firm foundation; [it is] just for firm foundation.
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They pronounce the secondary vaṣaṭ-call just for the appeasement of the oblations,
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for the firm foundation of the oblations, for the firm foundation of the oblations.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit