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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 9.6

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9.6.1

Then they carry Soma alone toward the east.

9.6.2

Therefore he recites [verses] addressed solely to Soma.

9.6.3

Reciting the triplet containing [forms of] the root *i*, "Soma goes, finding the path...", he follows along.

9.6.4

Then the adhvaryu offers an oblation again in the Āhavanīya fire.

9.6.5

He should recite corresponding to that: "Towards the dear, repeatedly quivering…"

9.6.6

For that very [offering], this offering verse is: "Increasing the offerings…", being fitting.

9.6.7

Then they bring King Soma in through the eastern door.

9.6.8

As he is being brought in, [he recites]: "Varuṇa, the King, him… the two Aśvins him…"

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and: "Viṣṇu opened the enclosure together with his friends…"—[these verses] he recites for him being brought in, as fitting.

9.6.10

"You have entered within; may you be Aditi…"—[this verse] containing the word "entered" [he recites] for him who has entered.

9.6.11

"Like a falcon to its nest…", "The seat made by poetic thought…", "We invoke you, the leader of the host…", "The Asura propped up the sky, all-gods…"—with verses containing words for "seated", he praises him who is seated.

9.6.12

He concludes with [a verse] containing a blessing: "Thus praise exalted Varuṇa…"

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He recites fitting [verses].

9.6.14

Whatever is fitting in the sacrifice is successful, for the success of the sacrifice itself.

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He indeed recites twenty [verses].

9.6.16

They amount to the Virāj.

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Soma belongs to the Virāj.

9.6.18

The Virāj is food; Soma is food.

9.6.19

Thereby he makes food and food-eating abundant with food.

9.6.20

With the first [repeated] thrice and the last thrice, they amount to twenty-four.

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Twenty-four indeed are the half-months of the year;

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[it is] for the attainment of the year.

9.6.23

Thus indeed [it is] if they bring King [Soma] in through the eastern door.

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Or if through the western [door],

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the hotṛ should follow along by that very [path].

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The hotṛ is indeed the self of the sacrifice;

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Soma is breath.

9.6.28

[He does so thinking:] "Let me not separate the self from breath."

9.6.29

Standing to the north, facing south, he concludes.

9.6.30

King Soma is indeed glory and food-eating.

9.6.31

From there he places glory close to himself; he places glory [upon himself].

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