Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.5
English (machine translation) 3.5
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3.5.1
Now, in that he includes the deities at the last fore-offering,
3.5.2
he thereby makes them share in the fore-offering.
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Just as Agni is a sharer in all oblations,
3.5.4
so he makes the deities sharers in Agni's share.
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Here he does not say, 'Agni from the hotṛ's office'.
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The fore-offerings are cattle;
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Rudra is Sviṣṭakṛt;
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[thinking,] 'Lest I attach the sacrificer's cattle to Rudra.'
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Some indeed say: 'May the gods, butter-drinkers, being pleased, partake of the butter, O Agni!'
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He should not do so.
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Half of the sacrifice is butter, half is the oblation.
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If he were to say only one of the two,
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half of the sacrifice would be offered and half unoffered.
3.5.14
Therefore he should say only: 'May the gods, butter-drinkers, being pleased, partake of the butter, of the oblation, O Agni!'
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Now, as for the two butter portions being 'slayer of Vṛtra' at the full moon:
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Indra slew Vṛtra by means of the full moon [rite].
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Then, as for the two possessing 'increase' at the new moon:
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the moon goes to wane at this time;
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he thus makes it swell, he makes it increase.
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