Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.12
English (machine translation) 7.12
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He buys it with four [articles]: with a cow, with silver, with a garment, [and] with a she-goat.
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Up to four is a pair, a couple, productive for procreation.
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Now that King Soma, the all-seeing one, is the moon.
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He enters into this one as soon as it is bought.
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When he buys King Soma,
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[it is] so that King Soma yonder, the all-seeing moon, shall be pressed.
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For it, when bought, he recites nine [verses].
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These vital breaths are nine.
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He thus places the vital breaths in the sacrificer,
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for attaining a complete lifespan in this world,
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for immortality in yonder [world].
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He recites a verse containing 'forth' for [Soma] being brought forth: “From good go forth to better!”
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“May Bṛhaspati be thy leader!”
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Bṛhaspati is indeed the sacred power.
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[It is] for the attainment of the glory of sacred power.
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He recites two Triṣṭubh verses addressed to Varuṇa: “This prayer of him who is striving, O god,” [and] “In the woods he extended the mid-region.”
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The Triṣṭubh is princely power.
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Varuṇa is princely power.
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[It is] for the attainment of the glory of princely power.
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He recites four Gāyatrī verses addressed to Soma: “Soma, those [powers] of thine which are refreshing.”
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The Gāyatrī is sacred power.
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Soma is princely power.
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[It is] for the attainment both of the glory of sacred power and of the glory of princely power.
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Having spoken a half-verse of the last of them, he pauses.
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The verse is immortality.
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He enters into immortality.
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Moreover, the verse is sacred power.
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He thus makes the two half-verses a shield of sacred power on both sides.
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Therefore, wherever one should pause after a half-verse,
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that is just this ritual explanation.
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He recites a verse containing 'forth' for [Soma] entering [the hall]: “Those abodes of thine which they worship with oblation.”
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With a verse containing 'come' and containing 'seasons' he concludes: “The god has come; with the seasons may he increase the dwelling.”
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“King Soma is indeed the year,” Kauṣītaki used to say;
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“approaching, he approaches together with the seasons.”
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He recites proper verses.
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What is proper in the sacrifice is successful, for the success of the sacrifice.
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He recites nine [verses].
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Their Brāhmaṇa has been stated.
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With the first [recited] thrice, [and] with the last thrice, they amount to thirteen.
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The year indeed has twelve months.
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[It is] indeed for the attainment of the year.
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There is a thirteenth month,
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an intercalary one, as it were, known; [it is] for the attainment of it, for the attainment of it.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit