Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.6
English (machine translation) 30.6
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He hands it over to the acchāvāka.
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He makes him, as one born, move along with the Evayāmarut [hymn].
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He inserts the nyūṅkha.
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For as though tottering, one first walks when trying to walk.
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Then from the immortal metre they engender him unto immortality.
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They who undertake the sixth day attain immortality.
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Having recited the stotriya and anurūpa [verses], he recites the Vālakhilyās.
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The body indeed is the stotriya and anurūpa [verses].
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The vital breaths are the Vālakhilyās.
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And unseparated are these vital breaths from the body.
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As to that, they say: "Why are they called the Vālakhilyās?"
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What is unbroken between two cultivated fields,
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that indeed they call a strip of waste land (khila).
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And separated only by a hair's breadth are these vital breaths.
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In that they are separated [only by a hair],
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therefore they are the Vālakhilyās.
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He performs the difficult climb (dūrohaṇa) on the Tārkṣya [hymn]; that has been explained.
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In Gāyatrī verses they lead on for the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin on the second day.
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Thereby he comes under the control of the maitrāvaruṇa.
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"To the most generous, great, possessing great wealth..." is a hymn of six verses in Jagatī; its explanation has been told.
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It is twice as much as that of the maitrāvaruṇa.
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A hymn by Kṛṣṇa is the concluding stanza day by day.
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Kṛṣṇa Āṅgirasa saw this third pressing for the recitation of the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin.
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Therefore a hymn by Kṛṣṇa is the concluding stanza day by day.
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