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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 9.4

English (machine translation) 9.4

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9.4.1

With [the verse] containing the word "around", "Around thee, O lover of praise, songs...", he concludes.

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He recites [verses] that are fitting.

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What is fitting in the sacrifice is prosperous, for the prosperity of the sacrifice.

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They indeed are eight [verses].

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By these indeed the gods attained all attainments.

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Just so the sacrificer attains all attainments by these alone.

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[Reciting] thrice the first and thrice the last, they become twelve.

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Twelve indeed are the months, the year.

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[This is] just to attain the year.

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As to why [he recites] thrice the first and thrice the last,

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he ties the two borders of the sacrifice, for firmness, for non-loosening.

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Then they address the hotṛ: "Hotṛ, act so that there may be safety."

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Being instructed, before the recitation of the verse, he kicks away the western world with the front of his right foot,

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"Driven away is fear from our own kin, and fear from others, O Vṛtra-slayer!

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Away have the wheels rolled."

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For from there is the movement of the wheels.

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Then safety arises for that direction.

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Going eastwards, he should lean against the northern track of the southern Havirdhāna cart.

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This world indeed is the southern Havirdhāna cart.

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A support indeed is this world.

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[He thinks,] "May I go unsevered from support."

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Standing where he might conclude,

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he would fall away; so it would be.

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Therefore, having concluded, turning towards his right arm, restraining his speech, returning as he came,

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where he first stood and recited,

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standing there and during the casting of the fire [into the cātvāla],

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then he should approach his abode.

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