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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.9

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They recite five metres at night:

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the Anuṣṭubh, the Gāyatrī, the Uṣṇih, the Triṣṭubh, and the Jagatī.

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These indeed are the night-metres.

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The night [recitation] has five callings,

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and the additional uktha of the Vājapeya.

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The night [rite] is the additional graha of the uktha.

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“They call for each metre separately to prevent monotony,” Kauṣītaki used to say.

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Now, as to why he recites a Triṣṭubh containing the word ‘tiroahnya’ as the invitatory verse for the uktha draught for the Aśvins:

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The ritual call contains the word ‘tiroahnya’.

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For the somas are from the previous day.

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Moreover, the Triṣṭubh is strength and virility;

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thus he bestows strength and virility in the sacrificer.

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The additional ukthas of the Aptoryāma have four callings.

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The ukthas are indeed cattle.

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Cattle are indeed fourfold;

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moreover, they are four-footed, just for the obtaining of cattle.

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They make verses to Kṣetrapati their concluding verses.

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This earth indeed is the field.

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[They do so thinking:] 'In it, uninjured, we shall find a firm standing at the end.'

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In it indeed, uninjured, they thus find a firm standing at the end.

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Now as to why the offering verses are Triṣṭubh verses containing the word 'tiroahnya':

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for the Soma draughts are of the day before yesterday.

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Moreover, the Triṣṭubh is strength and vigor;

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thereby he places strength and vigor in the sacrificer.

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They make a secondary vaṣaṭ-call, for the appeasement of the oblations,

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for the establishment of the oblations.

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Then they proceed with the Hāriyojana cup; its explanation has [already] been told.

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He recites a Triṣṭubh as the invitatory verse of the Hāriyojana cup; its explanation has [already] been told.

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Now as to why he recites an invitatory verse for the superior ritual call:

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Powerless indeed is that ritual call which is without an invitatory verse;

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moreover, in the rituals to two deities there are invitatory verses.

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and in all the [libations of the] prasthita offerings.

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Therefore he recites an invitatory verse for it.

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Now as to why he utters the superior ritual call:

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he thereby addresses the subsequent day.

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"Having commenced the subsequent day, they indeed abide [in it]," Kauṣītaki used to say; "Having commenced the subsequent day, they indeed abide [in it]," Kauṣītaki used to say.

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