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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 5.8

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Now, as to the fact that they perform the Pitṛyajña in the afternoon:

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the fathers have a share in the waning [part of the day].

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Therefore they perform the Pitṛyajña in the afternoon.

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Regarding this they say: "Since the fathers have a share in the dark fortnight, why then do they sacrifice to them in the bright fortnight?"

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These fathers are divine.

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Therefore they sacrifice to them in the bright fortnight.

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Now, as to the fact that he recites one kindling verse:

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the fathers are, as it were, once [for all].

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Therefore he recites one kindling verse.

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It is an Anuṣṭubh.

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Speech is an Anuṣṭubh.

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And the fathers have turned away.

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It is them that he causes to come by means of speech, the Anuṣṭubh.

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Now, as to the fact that he does not recite the ancestral lineage of the sacrificer:

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[he does so thinking:] "Lest I should set apart the sacrificer [from the living]."

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Now, he recites this ritual formula; the explanation for it has already been stated.

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Now, as to the fact that he invokes [with]: "Soma accompanied by the fathers", or "the fathers accompanied by Soma", "the fathers seated on the sacred grass", "the fathers consumed by Agni":

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these fathers are divine.

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Therefore he invokes them.

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Now, as to the fact that he invokes Agni Kavyavāhana:

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the fathers have this [deity] for their Sviṣṭakṛt.

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Therefore he invokes him.

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Some indeed do not invoke "his own greatness", saying: "This greatness belongs to the sacrificer."

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However, it is established that he should invoke [it].

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For this greatness belongs to Agni.

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Now, as to the fact that he leaves out the two [verses] containing the word "sacred grass" from the fore-offerings and after-offerings:

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offspring is the sacred grass.

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[He does so thinking:] "Lest I should exclude offspring thereby."

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They are indeed six.

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There are six seasons.

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The seasons are the fathers.

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It is the fathers he thus pleases.

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Now, as to the fact that the two butter portions contain [the word] "living":

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it is the sacrificer that he thus causes to live.

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Now, as to the fact that there are three [verses] for each oblation:

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there are three oblations.

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He cuts off [portions] from them.

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Therefore there are three [verses] for each oblation.

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Moreover, he thereby separates the rite for the fathers from the rite for the gods.

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Moreover, the fathers have gone to the furthest distance.

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He invokes them with the first [verse].

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With the second, he causes them to come.

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With the third, he presents [the oblation to them].

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