Aitareya Āraṇyaka 1.4

1.4.1

atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇena parvāṇi saṃdadhāti \
athāto grīvāḥ \
tā ācakṣate yathāchandasam uṣṇiha iti \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇena parvāṇi saṃdadhāti \
athātaḥ śiraḥ \
tad gāyatrīṣu bhavaty.
agraṃ vai chandasāṃ gāyatry.
agram aṅgānāṃ śiraḥ \
tad arkavatīṣu bhavaty.
agnir vā arkaḥ \
tā nava bhavanti.
navakapālaṃ vai śiraḥ \
daśamīṃ śaṃsati.
tvak keśā ity eva sā bhavati \
atho stomātiśaṃsanāyā eva \
tau trivṛc ca stomo bhavato gāyatraṃ ca chanda.
etayor vai stomachandasoḥ prajā/tim anu sarvam idaṃ prajāyate, yad idaṃ kiñ ca.
prajātyai \
prajāyate prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇena parvāṇi saṃdadhāti \
athāto vijavaḥ \
tā virājo bhavanti.
tasmāt puruṣaḥ puruṣam āha, vi vā asmāsu rājasi, grīvā vai dhārayasīti, stabhamānaṃ vā, yad vā dutāḥ sambā/ḷhatamāḥ satyo +natamāṃ pratyacyante.
'nnaṃ hi virāḷ (A, R).
annam u vīryam \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇena parvāṇi saṃdadhāti \\ 1 \\

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.

Next follow the neck verses. They recite them as Ushnih, according to their metre.

Next comes (again) the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.

Next follows the head. That is in Gâyatrî verses. The Gâyatrî is the beginning of all metres; the head the first of all members. It is in Arkavat verses (Rv. I, 7, 1-9). Arka is Agni. They are nine verses. The head consists of nine pieces. He recites the tenth verse, and that is the skin and the hairs on the head. It serves for reciting one verse more than (the nine verses contained in) the Stoma. These form the Trivrit Stoma and the Gâyatrî metre, and whatever there exists, all this is produced after the production of this Stoma and this metre. Therefore the recitation of these head-hymns serves for production.

He who knows this, gets offspring and cattle.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Verily, Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.

Next follow the vertebrae (of the bird). These verses are Virâg (shining). Therefore man says to man, 'Thou shinest above us;' or to a stiff and proud man, 'Thou carriest thy neck stiff.' Or because the (vertebrae of the neck) run close together, they are taken to be the best food. For Virâg, is food, and food is strength.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.

1.4.2

athāto dakṣiṇaḥ pakṣaḥ \
so 'yaṃ lokaḥ.
so 'yam agniḥ.
sā vāk.
tad rathantaraṃ.
sa vasiṣṭhas.
tac chataṃ.
tāni ṣaḍ vīryāṇi bhavanti \
saṃpāta eva kāmānām abhyāptyai pratiṣṭhityā.
annādyāya paṅktiḥ \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇena parvāṇi saṃda/dhāti \
athāta uttaraḥ pakṣaḥ \
so 'sau lokaḥ.
so 'sāv āditya/s.
tat manas.
tad bṛhat.
sa bharadvājas.
tac chataṃ.
tāni ṣaḍ vīryāṇi bhavanti \
saṃpāta eva kāmānām abhyāptyai pratiṣṭhityā.
annādyāya paṅktiḥ \
tā ūnā/tiriktau bhavato.
vṛṣā vai bṛhad.
yoṣā rathantaram.
atiriktaṃ vai puṃso.
nyūnaṃ striyai.
tasmād ūnātiriktau bhavataḥ \
atho ekena ha vai pattreṇa suparṇasyottaraḥ pakṣo jyāyāṃs.
tasmād ekayarcottaraḥ pakṣo bhūyān bha/vati \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇena parvāṇi saṃdadhāti \
athātaḥ puccham \
tā ekaviṃśatir dvipadā bhavanty.
e/kaviṃśatir hīmāni pratyañci suparṇasya pattrāṇi bhavanti \
atho ekaviṃśo vai stomānāṃ pratiṣṭhā.
pratiṣṭhā pucchaṃ vayasām \
dvāviṃśīṃ śaṃsati.
pratiṣṭhayor eva tad rūpaṃ kriyate.
tasmāt sarvāṇi vayāṃsi pucchena pratitiṣṭhanti.
pucchenaiva pratiṣṭhāyotpatanti.
pratiṣṭhā hi puccham \
sa eṣa dvābhyāṃ daśinībhyāṃ virāḍbhyām, anayor dvāviṃśyor dvipadayor ayaṃ puruṣaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ \
tasya yat suparṇarūpaṃ, tad asya kāmānām abhyāptyai \
atha yat puruṣarūpaṃ, tad asya śriyai yaśase 'nnādyāyāpacityai \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
atha dhāyyā \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
vṛṣā vai sūdadohā , yoṣā dhāyyā.
tad ubhayataḥ sūdadohasā dhāyyāṃ pariśaṃsati.
tasmād dvayo retaḥ siktam sad ekatām evāpyeti yoṣām evābhy.
ata ājānā hi yoṣātaḥ prajānā.
tasmād enām atra śaṃsati \\ 2 \\

Next follows the right wing. It is this world (the earth), it is this Agni, it is speech, it is the Rathantara, it is Vasishtha, it is a hundred. These are the six powers (of the right wing). The Sampâta hymn (Rv. IV, 20) serves indeed for obtaining desires and for firmness. The Paṅkti verse (Rv. I, 80, 1) serves for proper food.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, thereby he joins all joints with breath.

Next follows the left wing. It is that world (heaven), it is that sun, it is mind, it is the Brihat, it a, it is a hundred. These are the six powers (of the left wing). The Sampâta hymn (Rv. IV, 23) serves indeed for obtaining desires and for firmness. The Paṅkti verse (Rv. I, 81, 1) serves for proper food.

These two (the right and the left wings) are deficient and excessive. The Brihat (the left wing) is man, the Rathantara (the right wing) is woman. The excess belongs to the man, the deficiency to the woman. Therefore they are deficient and excessive.

Now the left wing of a bird is verily by one feather better, therefore the left wing is larger by one verse.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.

Next follows the tail. They are twenty-one Dvipadâ verses. For there are twenty-one backward feathers in a bird.

Then the Ekavimsa is the support of all Stomas, and the tail the support of all birds.

He recites a twenty-second verse. This is made the form of two supports. Therefore all birds support themselves on their tail, and having supported themselves on their tail, they fly up. For the tail is a support.

He (the bird and the hymn) is supported by two decades which are Virâg. The man (the sacrificer) is supported by the two Dvipadâs, the twenty first and twenty-second. That which forms the bird serves for the attainment of all desires; that which forms the man, serves for his happiness, glory, proper food, and honour.

Next comes a Sûdadohas verse, then a Dhayyâ, then a Sûdadohas verse. The Sûdadohas is a man, the Dhayyâ a woman, therefore he recites the Dhayyâ as embraced on both sides by the Sûdadohas. Therefore does the seed of both, when it is effused, obtain oneness, and this with regard to the woman only. Hence birth takes place in and from the woman. Therefore he recites that Dhayyâ in that place.

1.4.3

gāyatrīṃ tṛcāśītiṃ śaṃsaty.
ayaṃ vai loko gāyatrī tṛcāśīti/r.
yad evāsmiṁl loke yaśo, yan maho, yan mithunaṃ, yad annādyaṃ, yāpacitis, ta/d aśnavai, tad āpnavāni, tad avaruṇadhai, tan me 'sad iti \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇenemaṃ lokaṃ saṃtanoti \
bārhatīṃ tṛcā/śītiṃ śaṃsaty.
antarikṣaloko vai bārhatī tṛcāśītir.
yad evāntarikṣa/loke yaśo, yan maho, yan mithunaṃ, yad annādyaṃ, yāpacitis, tad aśnavai , tad āpnavāni, tad avaruṇadhai, tan me 'sad iti \
atha sūdadohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇenāntarikṣalokaṃ saṃtanoti \
auṣṇihīṃ tṛcā/śītiṃ śaṃsaty.
asau vai loko dyaur auṣṇihī tṛcāśītir.
yad evāmuṣmi/ṁl loke yaśo, yan maho, yan mithunaṃ, yad annādyaṃ, yāpacitiḥ, yad devānāṃ daivaṃ, tad aśnavai, tad āpnavāni, tad avaruṇadhai, tan me 'sad iti \
atha sūda/dohāḥ \
prāṇo vai sūdadohāḥ.
prāṇenāmuṃ lokaṃ saṃtanoti, saṃta/noti \\ 3 \\
\\ ity aitareyaprathamāraṇyake caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ \\

He recites the eighty tristichs of Gâyatrîs. Verily, the eighty Gâyatrî tristichs are this world (earth). Whatever there is in this world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas verily is breath. He joins this world with breath.

He recites the eighty tristichs of Brihatîs. Verily, the eighty Brihatî tristichs are the world of the sky. Whatever there is in the world of the sky of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas verily is breath. He joins the world of the sky with breath.

He recites the eighty tristichs of Ushnih. Verily, the eighty Ushnih tristichs are that world, the heaven. Whatever there is in that world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, also the divine being of the Devas (Brahman), may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.

Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas verily is the breath. He joins that world with breath, yea, with breath.