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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 9.3

English (machine translation) 9.3

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9.3.1

Speech and mind, indeed, are the two Havirdhāna carts.

9.3.2

In speech and in mind, indeed, all this is placed.

9.3.3

In that they roll forward the two Havirdhāna carts,

9.3.4

it is for the attainment of all desires.

9.3.5

There are two Havirdhāna carts.

9.3.6

They put a thatch on as a third.

9.3.7

By these he obtains whatever threefold thing there is, whether relating to the deities or relating to the self.

9.3.8

With "Go forth, beneficent to the sacrifice", he recites [a verse] containing the word "forward" for the two being rolled forward.

9.3.9

[With] "Heaven and Earth for us this [sacrifice]...", "Of both of them the milk rich in ghee..."—

9.3.10

the first contains a blessing;

9.3.11

moreover, addressed to two deities, it belongs to the two Havirdhāna carts.

9.3.12

The oblation which the adhvaryu pours in the track, he follows it with the first [verse].

9.3.13

That they roll forward the two Havirdhāna carts, he follows that with the second [verse].

9.3.14

With an appropriate verse, "When like two twins striving together you two went...", he praises the two Havirdhāna carts.

9.3.15

[With] "Forward they bring you two, men seeking the gods—"

9.3.16

for many, indeed, bring them.

9.3.17

[With] "Upon the two you have placed the laudable word...", "All forms the sage assumes..."—

9.3.18

that they put on the thatch as a third, he follows that with the first [verse];

9.3.19

that they enclose the two Havirdhāna carts with mats, he follows that with the second [verse].

9.3.20

Then on the front mat [he recites] with the following [verse].

9.3.21

When he should think, "Here they will not move them,"

9.3.22

when they should place the two on their axle-pins,

9.3.23

then [he recites], "Into the lap of you two, without deceit..."

9.3.24

When there is security, then there is a lap.

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