Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.3
English (machine translation) 8.3
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8.3.1
'The hotṛ with bright chariot of the sacrifice' [and] 'He who, well-horsed, well-golded, O Agni' are the two samyājyā offering verses, containing [the words] 'guest' and 'chariot', in the Triṣṭubh metre, addressed to Agni.
8.3.2
That is just as if it were fourfold successful.
8.3.3
Moreover, a chariot comes readily to him who performs these two.
8.3.4
It ends with the iḍā.
8.3.5
That is the form for advancing.
8.3.6
That is just as if one were to advance near and dwell in the closest proximity to the heavenly world.
8.3.7
These iṣṭis have an offering made in a whisper: the dīkṣaṇīyā, the prāyaṇīyā, the ātithyā, [and] the upasad sacrifices.
8.3.8
These iṣṭis are indeed the emitting of seed.
8.3.9
In a whisper, indeed, is seed emitted.
8.3.10
Omitting [successive] actions, they proceed.
8.3.11
The dīkṣaṇīyā ends with the patnīsaṃyājas.
8.3.12
The prāyaṇīyā ends with the śamyu [formula].
8.3.13
The ātithyā ends with the iḍā.
8.3.14
In the upasad sacrifices, he makes an offering to the deities individually.
8.3.15
Prajāpati went to the heavenly world by means of these actions, through omission.
8.3.16
In the same way the sacrificer goes to the heavenly world by means of these actions, through omission.
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