Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.5
English (machine translation) 8.5
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8.5.1
He should praise without drawing breath, for the continuity of the vital breaths.
8.5.2
For continuous, as it were, are these vital breaths.
8.5.3
He should praise aloud, explicitly.
8.5.4
The chants are indeed the vital breaths.
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For this [sun] is explicit.
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For he has speech as his deity.
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He praises first with verses to Savitṛ,
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for impulsion by Savitṛ.
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No harm indeed comes to him who is impelled by Savitṛ, for safety from harm.
8.5.10
'Brahman born first in the east' [is the verse].
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Yonder indeed is Brahman born first in the east,
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where yonder one burns.
8.5.13
There he establishes the sacrificer.
8.5.14
With 'Whom the inspired poets anoint as they extend [him]' and 'Sit down, you are great', he praises with two appropriate verses, one containing [the word] 'anointed' and one containing 'seated'.
8.5.15
With 'Be well-disposed to us, O Agni, at our approach', 'Burn away completely, O Agni, the enemies within', [and] 'He who is secret, O Agni, should assault us', he praises with three appropriate verses containing [forms of the root] tap- ('burn').
8.5.16
What is appropriate in the sacrifice is successful, for the success of the sacrifice.
8.5.17
With 'Put forth your power as an extensive snare', he praises with verses slaying rakṣases, for the striking down of rakṣases.
8.5.18
Agni is indeed the slayer of rakṣases.
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They are five in number, in the form of the quarters.
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From the quarters indeed he drives them away.
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Moreover, whichever spans the adhvaryu measures out, those he accompanies with these [verses].
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With 'Around you, lover of song, the songs' [and] 'Upon both you have placed the laudable speech', he praises with two appropriate verses addressed to Indra.
8.5.23
He accompanies the svāhā-call addressed to Indra with these two.
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