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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.11

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8.11.1

The two [verses] to Agni are in the Gāyatrī [metre].

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This world is connected with the Gāyatrī;

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thus he wins this world.

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The two [verses] to Soma are in the Triṣṭubh [metre].

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The intermediate world is connected with the Triṣṭubh;

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thus he wins the intermediate world.

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The two [verses] to Viṣṇu are in the Jagatī [metre].

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Yonder world is connected with the Jagatī;

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thus he wins yonder world.

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Indeed, he reverses them.

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Those that are the invitatory verses in the morning, he makes the offering verses in the afternoon;

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those that are offering verses, [he makes] invitatory verses,

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for freshness.

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For a verse becomes exhausted on the same day by the vaṣaṭ-call;

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[he reverses them] so that "the vaṣaṭ-call will be made by me with [verses] that are not exhausted."

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Moreover, he reverses them for the firmness of the neck[-joints].

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Therefore, the joints of this neck are, as it were, interlocked.

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The deities have ghee as their oblation;

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the sacrificer has milk as his vow-food.

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That is harmonious.

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He should approach them becoming progressively wider: first three teats, then two, then one.

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He thereby makes these worlds progressively wider.

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He should not increase [the number of teats].

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Those who undertake the Upasads set out towards the heavenly world.

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