Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.9

English (machine translation) 4.9

Now in spring, when it has arrived and the bamboo barley has ripened,

he orders [them] to take up the bamboo barley.

Its seasonal point is the very same, its ritual paradigm the same, this the deity, this the sacrificial gift, this the explanation.

Some indeed make it dedicated to Agni, or dedicated to Varuṇa, or dedicated to Prajāpati, with this very ritual paradigm, with this very explanation.

Now when the rice crop or the barley crop has arrived,

he orders [them] to take up the [grains] for the Āgrayaṇa.

Its seasonal point is the very same, its ritual paradigm the same.

Now, that [the sacrificial cake] for Indra and Agni is on twelve potsherds—

Indra and Agni, truly, are the mouth of the gods;

thereby he pleases the gods right from the mouth.

Now, that there is a caru for the Viśve Devas—

these indeed are all the gods, namely the Viśve Devas;

[it is] for the pleasing of all the gods.

Now, that there is [a cake] on one potsherd for Heaven and Earth—

Heaven and Earth, truly, are the two accomplishers of the crop.

Earth is the support; that [sky] provides with moisture.

So when he sacrifices to these deities,

[he thinks:] 'I shall eat food that has been made propitious through these deities.'

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