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'kṣare khalv ime avi/karṣann anekīkurvan yathāvarṇam āha. tad yāsau mātrā pūrvarūpottararūpe antareṇa saṃdhivijñapanī, sāma tad bhavati. sāmaivāhaṃ saṃhitāṃ manya iti \ tad apy etad ṛṣiṇoktam \ bṛhaspate na paraḥ sāmno vidur (RV II 23,16d) iti \\ > Next follow the imprecations. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Let him know that breath is the beam (on which the whole house of the body rests). > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > If any one (a Brâhmana or another man) should chide him, who by meditation has become that breath as beam, then, if he thinks himself strong, he says: 'I grasped the breath, the beam, well; thou dost not prevail against me who have grasped the breath as the beam.' Let him say to him: 'Breath, the beam, will forsake thee.' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > But if he thinks himself not strong, let him say to him: 'Thou couldst not grasp him who wishes to grasp the breath as the beam. Breath, the beam, will forsake thee.' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > And whatever the reciter shall say to one who speaks to him or does not speak to him, depend upon it, it will come to pass. But to a Brâhmana let him not say anything except what is auspicious. Only he may curse a Brâhmana in excessive wealth. Nay, not even in excessive wealth should he curse a Brâhmana, but he should say, 'I bow before Brâhmanas,'--thus says Sûravîra Mândûkeya. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Now those who repeat the Nirbhuga say: > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > 'The former half is the first syllable, the latter half the second syllable, and the space between the first and second halves is the Samhitâ (union).' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > He who thus knows this Samhitâ (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Now Hrasva Mândûkeya says: 'We reciters of Nirbhuga say, "Yes, the former half is the first syllable, and the latter half the second syllable, but the Samhitâ is the space between the first and second halves in so far as by it one turns out the union (sandhi), and knows what is the accent and what is not, and distinguishes what is the mora and what is not."' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > He who thus knows this Samhitâ (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > Now his middle son, the child of his mother Prâtibodhî, says: 'One pronounces these two syllables letter by letter, without entirely separating them, and without entirely uniting them. Then that mora between the first and second halves, which indicates the union, that is the Sâman (evenness, sliding). I therefore hold Sâman only to be the Samhitâ (union). > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. II, 23, 16):-- > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) > 'O Brihaspati, they know nothing higher than Sâman.' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1) - [Previous: 3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.3.1.3) - [Next: 3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.3.1.5) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Aitareya-âranyaka (The Upanishads, Part I, SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya~en-muller.3.1.4.1) — 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 (5) - [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.7.12) — Sanskrit - [Bahvṛcāraṇyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.bahvrcaranyabhasya.11.p32) — Sanskrit - [Mahaitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mahaitareya.25.p3) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.8.13) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyāraṇyaka (Aitareya Mahīdāsa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareyaranyaka.3.p9) — Aitareya Mahīdāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.3.1.4) · Pramāṇa