Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.1
English (machine translation) 4.1
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4.1.1
By means of the anunirvāpyā [iṣṭi], the gods slew the Asuras.
4.1.2
Just so the sacrificer, by means of the anunirvāpyā [iṣṭi], strikes down his hateful rivals.
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He offers a sacrificial cake on eleven potsherds to Indra Vimṛdh.
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Indra is indeed the disperser of hostile forces.
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He disperses his hostile forces.
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And also, he thereby brings back the rite of the new moon day, in that he sacrifices to Indra on the full moon day.
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Here, when the New and Full Moon sacrifices are completed, if the sacrificer should suffer a setback in the latter half of the month,
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there would be no disruption of his sacrifice.
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Now when he sacrifices to Aditi on the new moon day,
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[it is] for the completeness of the sacrifice.
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It contains [verses] with 'vimṛdh' as samyājyā offering verses.
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