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'nnādyasyāvaruddhyai \ vāsiṣṭhena paridadhāti, vasiṣṭho 'sānīti \ eṣa stomo maha ugrāya vāha (RV VII 24,5a) iti mahadvatyā rūpasmṛddhayā \ dhurī/vātyo na vājayann adhāyi- (RV VII 24,5b) -ity. anto vai dhur. anta etad ahar. etasyāhno rūpam \ indra tvāyam arka īṭṭe vasūnām (RV VII 24,5c) ity arkavatyā rūpasamṛddhayā \ divīva dyām adhi naḥ śromataṃ dhā (RV VII 24,5d) iti. yatra ha kva ca brahmaṇyā vāg udyate , tad dhāsya kīrtir bhavati, yatraivaṃ vidvān etayā paridadhāti. tasmād evaṃ vidvān etayaiva paridadhyāt \\ 2 \\ > When he recites the Nishkevalya hymn addressed to Indra (Rv. X, 50), pra vo mahe, he inserts a Nivid (between the fourth and fifth verses). Thus he clearly places strength in himself (in the sastra, in the bird, in himself). > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > They are Trishtubhs and Gagatîs. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > There they say: 'Why does he insert a Nivid among mixed Trishtubhs and Gagatîs?' But surely one metre would never support the Nivid of this day, nor fill it: therefore he inserts the Nivid among mixed Trishtubhs and Gagatîs. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Let him know that this day has three Nivids: the Vasa hymn is a Nivid, the Vâlakhilyas are a Nivid, and the Nivid itself is a Nivid. Thus let him know that day as having three Nivids. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Then follow the hymns vane na vâ (Rv. X, 29) and yo gâta eva (Rv. II, 12). In the fourth verse of the former hymn occur the words anne samasya yad asan manîshâh, and they serve for the winning of proper food. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Then comes an insertion. As many Trishtubh and Gagatî verses, taken from the ten Mandalas and addressed to Indra, as they insert (between the two above-mentioned hymns), after changing them into Brihatîs, so many years do they live beyond the (usual) age (of one hundred years). By this insertion age is obtained. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > After that he recites the Saganîya hymn, wishing that cattle may always come to his offspring. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Then he recites the Târkshya hymn. Târkshya is verily welfare, and the hymn leads to welfare. Thus (by reciting the hymn) he fares well. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Then he recites the Ekapadâ (indro visvam vi râgati), wishing, May I be everything at once, and may I thus finish the whole work of metres. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > In reciting the hymn indram visvâ avivridhan (Rv. I, 11) he intertwines the first seven verses by intertwining their feet. There are seven prânas (openings) in the head, and he thus places seven prânas in the head. The eighth verse (half-verse) he does not intertwine. The eighth is speech, and he thinks, May my speech never be intertwined with the other prânas. Speech therefore, though dwelling in the same abode as the other prânas, is not intertwined with them. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > He recites the Virâg verses. Verily, Virâg verses are food, and they thus serve for the gaining of food. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > He ends with the hymn of Vasishtha, wishing, May I be Vasishtha! > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > But let him end with the fifth verse, esha stomo maha ugrâya vâhe, which, possessing the word mahat, is auspicious. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > In the second foot of the fifth verse the word dhuri occurs. Verily, dhuh (the place where the horse is fastened to the car) is the end (of the car). This day also is the end (of the sacrifice which lasts a whole year). Thus the verse is fit for the day. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > In the third foot the word arka is auspicious. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > The last foot is: 'Make our glory high as heaven over heaven.' Thus wherever Brahmanic speech is uttered, there his glory will be, when he who knows this finishes with that verse. Therefore let a man who knows this, finish (the Nishkevalya) with that verse. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) - [Previous: 1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.1.5.1) - [Next: 1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.1.5.3) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.1.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya~en-muller.1.5.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Aitareyāraṇyakabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya!sayanacarya) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya!sayana-madhava) — Sāyaṇa Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya!sayanacarya-alias-madhava) — Sāyaṇācārya alias Mādhava, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.195) — Arthur A. 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