Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.2
English (machine translation) 7.2
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The fore-offerings are the out-breaths; the after-offerings are the in-breaths.
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When they perform the fore-offerings and after-offerings,
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thereby out-breath and in-breath are consecrated.
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When [they perform] with the oblation, that is the body.
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Thus, with the body being consecrated, he obtains all desires;
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with out-breath and in-breath being consecrated, [he obtains] companionship in the world and union with all deities.
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He recites fifteen kindling verses.
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The kindling verses are a thunderbolt;
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the fifteenfold is indeed a thunderbolt.
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The two butter portions are Vṛtra-slaying;
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a thunderbolt are the two Vṛtra-slaying butter portions.
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The offering verse and invitatory verse of the oblation are in the Triṣṭubh metre;
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the Triṣṭubh is a thunderbolt.
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With this three-fold perfected thunderbolt, the gods drove away the asuras from these worlds.
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In the very same way, the sacrificer, with this three-fold perfected thunderbolt, drives away his hateful rivals from these worlds.
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A thunderbolt are the two Vṛtra-slaying butter portions—they have been explained.
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Now next are the offering verse and invitatory verse for the oblation:
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'May your tongue approach the ghee'—[this verse] contains [the prefix] ā;
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that is the characteristic mark of an invitatory verse.
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'May your tongue rise up toward the ghee'—[this verse] contains [the prefix] ud;
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that is the characteristic mark of an offering verse.
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The two samyājyā offering verses are in the Triṣṭubh metre.
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The Triṣṭubh is indeed power and valor;
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he thereby bestows power and valor upon the sacrificer.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit