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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.8

English (machine translation) 4.8

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4.8.1

Now next of the Āgrayaṇa.

4.8.2

With the Āgrayaṇa one who desires food should sacrifice in the rainy season when the millet crop has arrived.

4.8.3

He orders [them] to take up the millets.

4.8.4

Whichever new moon day falls at that time,

4.8.5

having sacrificed with it, he should then sacrifice with this iṣṭi.

4.8.6

If [it is] the full moon day,

4.8.7

having sacrificed with this, he should then sacrifice with the Full Moon [sacrifice].

4.8.8

And if he should wish to attain a lunar mansion,

4.8.9

having watched for a lunar mansion in the first half of the month, he should sacrifice under whichever auspicious lunar mansion he may desire.

4.8.10

For it there are seventeen kindling verses, two butter portions containing the word 'end', [and] two virāj verses as samyājyā offering verses; its explanation has been told.

4.8.11

A caru belongs to Soma.

4.8.12

Soma, truly, is the king of plants.

4.8.13

Thereby he pleases him through his own quarter.

4.8.14

Now, that he gives a honey-mixture [as sacrificial fee],

4.8.15

for this is the essence of wild [plants].

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