Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 9.2

English (machine translation) 9.2

Language: English

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Then she came on the day of preparation when Agni was being led forward.

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Therefore, right from the beginning there, he should recite loudly,

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so that they may recognise her who has arrived as not excluded from the sacrifice.

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With "Forward the god with divine thought", he recites a triplet containing the word "forward" for [Agni] being carried forward.

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[With] "In the place of Iḍā we [place] thee—"

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With the half-verse containing the word "placed", "—O Jātavedas, would place", he praises him as he is being placed.

With the verses containing the word "seated", "O Agni, with all the gods, of fair countenance, sit down, O hotṛ, in your own place, wise; the hotṛ has sat down in the hotṛ's seat, knowing", he praises him when seated.

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With [the verse] containing the word "messenger", "Thou art the messenger, thou our protector beyond", he concludes.

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He recites appropriate [verses].

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What is appropriate in the sacrifice is successful, for the success of the sacrifice.

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Now they are eight [verses].

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By these, indeed, the gods obtained all attainments.

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In the very same way the sacrificer obtains all attainments by these.

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By repeating the first three times and the last three times, they amount to twelve.

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Twelve months, indeed, make a year,

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for the obtaining of the year.

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Recited continuously, they amount to eighteen Gāyatrī verses.

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It belongs to Agni by its metres.

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Whichever six belong to the same metre, they amount to a Gāyatrī;

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which [has] seven, that to an Uṣṇih;

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which [has] eight, that to an Anuṣṭubh;

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which [has] nine, that to a Bṛhatī;

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which [has] ten, that to a Paṅkti;

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which [has] eleven, that to a Triṣṭubh;

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which [has] twelve, that to a Jagatī.

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