Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.5
English (machine translation) 7.5
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Now then, the consecration of Keśin.
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Keśī Dārbhya, having consecrated himself, sat down.
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A golden bird flew to him and said:
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'You are unconsecrated. I know the consecration; let me tell it to you.'
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'I have sacrificed once; I fear the exhaustion of that [sacrifice].'
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'Do you know the imperishability of what has been sacrificed once? Tell it to me.'
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He said: 'So be it.'
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The two conversed.
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He was indeed that [person]:
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either Ula Vārṣṇavṛddha, or Iṭaṅga Kāvya, or Śikhaṇḍin Yājñasena.
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Whichever of these he was, that he was.
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He said:
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'The bodies indeed undergo consecration through this iṣṭi.
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Whatever these deities in the person are,
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he whose deities these undergo consecration,
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he is the consecrated one'—thus indeed he used to say.
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit