Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.7
English (machine translation) 6.7
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6.7.1
He indeed makes prosper what has failed in the sacrifice who performs an expiation with these mystical utterances.
6.7.2
When approached, he who knows these mystical utterances should certainly not say, 'I do not know this.'
6.7.3
For indeed he knows all who knows these mystical utterances.
6.7.4
Just as there might be a glue joining wood, or leather-work [joining parts],
6.7.5
in the same way these mystical utterances are joiners for the entire threefold knowledge.
6.7.6
Now, when he throws away a blade of grass from the seat of the brahman,
6.7.7
he thereby purifies it.
6.7.8
Then he sits down, saying, 'Here I sit in the seat of Arvāvasu.'
6.7.9
Arvāvasu indeed was the brahman of the gods.
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Him indeed he seats first with the thought, 'Perform the sacrifice uninjured.'
6.7.11
Then, having sat down, he whispers, 'Bṛhaspati is the brahman.'
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Bṛhaspati indeed is the brahman of the gods.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit