[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Āraṇyakas (forest texts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka) › [Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki) › 2.4 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 2.4 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.4) ŚĀ 2,4 athaitāṃ akṣāṃ śaṃsati | sā vai triṣṭub bhavati | tasmād akṣaḥ sthaviṣṭhaḥ | ṛṣvā ta indra sthavirasya bāhū iti bāhvor abhirūpā | atha rathantarasya stotriyānurūpau śaṃsati | tayor uktaṃ brāhmaṇam | atha dhāyyāṃ śaṃsati | iyaṃ vai dhāyyā | iyaṃ hi sarveṣu bhūteṣu hitā | sā vai dakṣiṇe bhāge dhīyate | tasmād dakṣiṇaṃ bhāgaṃ puṃsaḥ stryadhiśete | atha rāthantaraṃ pragāthaṃ śaṃsati | tasyoktaṃ brāhmaṇam | sa eka id dhavyaś carṣaṇīnām iti sūktaṃ tat pacchaḥ | tasya dvitīyām uddhṛtya viśvo hyanyo arirājagāmeti | yaitasya dvitīyā tām iha dvitīyāṃ karoti | tad imau pakṣau vyatiṣajatyavivarhāya || > ŚĀ 2.4 > Then he recites this axle verse. It is a Triṣṭubh. Therefore the axle is the thickest. 'Lofty are the arms of you, the old one, O Indra' is appropriate to the arms. Then he recites the stotriya and anurūpa verses of the Rathantara. The Brāhmaṇa concerning them has been stated. Then he recites the insertion verse (dhāyyā). This \[earth\] indeed is the dhāyyā, for this \[earth\] is placed (hitā) among all beings. It is placed on the right side. Therefore a woman lies on the right side of a man. Then he recites the pragātha of the Rathantara. The Brāhmaṇa concerning it has been stated. 'He alone is to be invoked among the peoples' is the hymn, \[recited\] pāda by pāda. Having taken out the second \[verse\] of it, \[he inserts\] 'For every other enemy has approached.' That which is the second \[verse\] of that \[other hymn\], that he makes the second here. Thus he intertwines these two wings so that they do not break off. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.2.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.18.5.8) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.4) · Pramāṇa