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> — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.11) mahayanti ca sarvatra \11\ > and they honour \[me\] everywhere; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.12) sarvatra gatimān bhaviṣyāmi \12\ > I shall have access everywhere; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.13) yakṣyāmi \13\ > I shall sacrifice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.14) yājayiṣyāmi \14\ > I shall officiate at sacrifices; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.15) lakṣaṇīyo bhaviṣyāmi \15\ > I shall be distinguished; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.16) havīṃṣi ca susaṃskṛtāni bhokṣyāmi \16\ > and I shall enjoy well-prepared oblations; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.17) mayā ca svādhyāyavatā mātāpitarau svarge loke sukhamedhiṣyate \17\ > and through me, endowed with daily Vedic recitation, my parents will thrive in happiness in the heavenly world; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.18) brahmacaryeṇa cāyuṣmān varcasvī bhaviṣyāmi \18\ > and through student-chastity I shall become long-lived and glorious; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.19) svādhyāyena kṣipraṃ pāpmānamapahanyāmiti ca \19\ > and through daily Vedic recitation I shall swiftly destroy evil." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.20) svādhyāyavataḥ sarve lokāḥ \20\ > All worlds belong to one endowed with daily Vedic recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.21) nāprāpyaṃ tasya kiñcit \21\ > Nothing is unobtainable for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.22) na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ \22\ > There is no return for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.23) mnatrabrāhmaṇayoḥ vedaśabdaḥ \23\ > The word 'Veda' applies to both Mantra and Brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.24) vedo hi dharmamūlam \24\ > For the Veda is the root of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.25) acoraharaṇīyaṃ ca brahma \25\ > And sacred knowledge cannot be stolen by thieves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.26) ekaikā cark samyagadhītā kāmadhugbhavati \26\ > And each single verse, when properly recited, becomes a wish-yielding cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.27) yaṃ yaṃ kratumadhīte tena tena ceṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyatīti \27\ > Whatever sacrifice one recites, by that very one an offering has been made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.28) tadapi ślokāḥ \28\ > Regarding this, there are also verses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.29) ketumān laghimān dakṣo mitravān ghṛtimān śuciḥ śīlavān śrutavān dānto bhavedvai paṅktipāvanaḥ \29\ > "Conspicuous, agile, skillful, friendly, resolute, pure, / virtuous, learned, self-controlled, he indeed purifies the company. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.30) corarājāgnyudakebhyaḥ sadā sañcayināṃ bhayam nirbhavāstu sukhaṃ vaidyāścarantyakṣayyavṛttayaḥ \30\ > Accumulators always fear thieves, the king, fire, and water; / but the learned, free from anxiety, live in comfort with inexhaustible livelihoods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.31) tadetatpuṣkalaṃ vākyaṃ vedajñānaprayojanam kuryādadhyayane yatnaṃ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ iti \31\ > This is the complete statement concerning the purpose of Vedic knowledge: / being truthful and self-controlled, one should make an effort in study." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.32) tadapyetadṛṣirāha \32\ > Regarding this, the Ṛṣi also says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12.33) yo jāgāra tamṛcaḥ kāmayante yo jāgāra tamu sāmāni yānti yo jāgāra tamayaṃ soma āha tavāhamasmi saravye nyokāḥ iti \\33\\ > "Him who is awake the verses desire; him who is awake the Sāman chants approach; to him who is awake this Soma says: 'I am yours, resting in your friendship.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.3.12.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.12) · Pramāṇa