Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.2
English (machine translation) 8.2
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8.2.1
With this [verse] now here, and in the Cāturmāsyas.
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With the first [recited] thrice, [and] with the last thrice, they amount to sixteen.
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This whole [world] indeed consists of sixteen parts.
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[It is] for the attainment of this whole [world].
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Now, where an animal is seized,
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there, having recited this [verse] without stopping, he concludes with a Triṣṭubh verse: 'With the sacrifice the gods sacrificed to the sacrifice...'
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Cattle are connected with the Triṣṭubh; [it is] indeed for the attainment of cattle.
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With the first [recited] thrice, [and] with the last thrice, they amount to seventeen.
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Prajāpati is indeed seventeenfold.
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That rite is indeed prosperous which is commensurate with Prajāpati.
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He recites seventeen kindling verses.
Prajāpati is indeed seventeenfold.
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That rite is indeed prosperous which is commensurate with Prajāpati.
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The two butter portions contain the slayer of Vṛtra, indeed for the slaying of evil.
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And also his [sacrifice] does not deviate from the paradigm of the Full Moon.
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Some indeed make [the two butter portions] containing the word 'guest'.
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However, they are established as containing the slayer of Vṛtra.
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Some indeed say: 'The two offering verses should be verses from the Ṛgveda,'
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saying: 'These deities in the Upasads have offering verses from the Ṛgveda.'
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However, they are established as having offering verses containing the word juṣāṇa.
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Being Soma, he sacrifices to him as Viṣṇu.
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Because having been purchased, he enters, as it were;
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that indeed is his Vaiṣṇava form.
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And since, being Soma, he sacrifices to him as Viṣṇu,
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by that name, as 'Viṣṇu', he is the eater;
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by that [name], as 'Soma', he is the food.
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Therefore, saying 'Soma', they offer and consume thus.
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The offering verse and the invitatory verse of the oblation are Triṣṭubh verses.
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The Triṣṭubh is indeed strength and manly power.
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He thereby places strength and manly power in the sacrificer.
Translations (1)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit