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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.9

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6.9.1

'Indra is the mightiest and strongest of the gods; bring it to him.'

6.9.2

They brought it to him.

6.9.3

He appeased it with the holy power.

6.9.4

Therefore one says, 'Indra is the brahman.'

6.9.5

He gazes upon it, saying, 'With the eye of Mitra I gaze upon you.'

6.9.6

With the eye of Mitra indeed he thereby appeases it.

6.9.7

Then he receives it, saying, 'At the impulse of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I receive you.'

6.9.8

With these deities indeed he thereby appeases it.

6.9.9

Having pushed aside the grass, he places it on the bare ground with the handle pointing east, saying, 'On the navel of the earth I place you, in the lap of Aditi.'

6.9.10

The earth indeed is the appeaser of foods.

6.9.11

He thereby appeases it.

6.9.12

Taking it from there, he eats it, saying, 'With the mouth of Agni I eat you.'

6.9.13

Agni indeed is the appeaser of foods.

6.9.14

He thereby appeases it.

6.9.15

Then he sips water after it, saying, 'Peace are you.'

6.9.16

Water indeed is peace and medicine.

6.9.17

Peace indeed, medicine, is thereby produced in the sacrifice.

6.9.1_2

Then he touches his vital breaths.

6.9.2_2

Whatever of the vital breaths has here been wounded or injured, that he thereby restores, that he heals.

6.9.3_2

Finally he touches his navel, saying, 'In the belly of Indra I place you.'

6.9.4_2

For Indra indeed appeased it.

6.9.5_2

Now, as to the fact that he impels with the whisper addressed to Savitṛ,

6.9.6_2

Savitṛ is the impeller, for the impelling of the ritual act.

6.9.7_2

Prajāpati created the sacrifice.

6.9.8_2

By the establishment of the sacred fires alone he emitted the seed.

6.9.9_2

With the Agnihotra, [he created] gods, humans, and asuras.

6.9.10_2

With the New and Full Moon sacrifices, he created Indra.

6.9.11_2

For them he created this food and drink:

6.9.12_2

these oblation-sacrifices and the Soma sacrifice.

6.9.13_2

Then, whatever desire they desired, that they obtained by these courses.

6.9.14_2

[They obtained] food and nourishment by the Āgrayaṇa.

6.9.15_2

Regarding this they say: 'Why are they called courses (ayana)?'

6.9.16_2

They are indeed attainments (gamana) of every desire and of the heavenly world.

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