Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.8
English (machine translation) 3.8
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3.8.1
Now, as to why he sacrifices to Indra and Agni on the new moon day:
3.8.2
Indra and Agni indeed are a firm foundation, for firm establishment.
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Now, as to why, when offering the sānnāyya, he sacrifices to Indra or to Mahendra:
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this new moon day is indeed light.
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For here the moon is not seen.
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Now, as to why, when not offering the sānnāyya, he sacrifices with clarified butter in a whisper between the two sacrificial cakes, [it is] to prevent monotony.
3.8.7
Now, as to why, when offering the sānnāyya, he sacrifices with clarified butter in a whisper between [the offerings] of the sānnāyya, the Brāhmaṇa of that has been explained.
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Now, as to why he sacrifices to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt at the end:
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he indeed distributes the oblation to the gods.
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He who distributes food partakes at the end.
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Moreover, Sviṣṭakṛt is indeed Rudra.
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He is indeed the one who has his portion at the end.
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Therefore he sacrifices to him at the end.
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His two meters, the offering verse and the invitatory verse, the formula separates.
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Thereby it becomes non-monotonous.
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Having uttered the vaṣaṭ-call, he touches water.
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Water indeed is pacification and medicine.
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Pacification indeed, [and] medicine, is thereby performed in the sacrifice.
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Now, as to why, with the forefinger, he smears the first anointing of the iḍā on the lower lip,
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[and] the second on the upper lip:
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the lower lip indeed is this world;
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the upper lip is that world.
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Now, that which is between the lips is this intermediate space.
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In that he consumes it,
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he gratifies these worlds, connecting them together.
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