[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Aitareyabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) › 1.14 # Aitareyabrahmana 1.14 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.14) anyataro 'naḍvān yuktaḥ syād anyataro vimukto 'tha rājānam upāvahareyur yad ubhayor vimuktayor upāvahareyuḥ, pitṛdevatyaṃ rājānaṃ kuryur yad yuktayor, ayogakṣemaḥ prajā vindet, tāḥ prajāḥ pariplaveran yo 'naḍvān vimuktas tac chālāsadām prajānāṃ rūpaṃ, yo yuktas tac cakriyāṇāṃ. te ye yukte 'nye vimukte 'nya upāvaharanty, ubhav eva te kṣemayogau kalpayanti devāsurā vā eṣu lokeṣu samayatanta. ta etasyām prācyāṃ diśy ayatanta, tāṃs tato 'surā ajayaṃś te dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśy ayatanta, tāṃs tato 'surā ajayaṃś te pratīcyāṃ diśy ayatanta, tāṃs tato 'surā ajayaṃś ta udīcyāṃ diśy ayatanta, tāṃs tato 'surā ajayaṃs. ta udīcyām prācyāṃ diśy ayatanta, te tato na parājayanta. saiṣā dig aparājitā, tasmād etasyāṃ diśi yateta vā yātayed veśvaro hānṛṇākartos te deva abruvann: arājatayā vai no jayanti, rājānaṃ karavāmahā iti. tatheti. te somaṃ rājānam akurvaṃs, te somena rājnā sarvā diśo 'jayann. eṣa vai somarājā yo yajate. prāci tiṣṭhaty ādadhati, tena prācīṃ diśaṃ jayati. taṃ dakṣiṇā parivahanti, tena dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ jayati. tam pratyañcam āvartayanti, tena pratīcīṃ diśaṃ jayati. tam udīcas tiṣṭhata upāvaharanti, tenodīciṃ diśaṃ jayati somena rājñā sarvā diśo jayati ya evaṃ veda > i. 14 (iii. 3). One of the two oxen should be yoked, the other unloosened; then they should take down the king; if they were to take down when both were unloosed, they would make the king have the fathers as his deity; if when yoked, lack of peace and rest would come on offspring; offspring would scatter. The ox which is unyoked is the symbol of offspring who sit in the house; the yoked one is that of those on a journey. Those who take down when one is yoked and one unyoked, produce both peace and rest. The gods and the Asuras strove for these worlds; they contended for this eastern quarter; the Asuras conquered them thence; they contended for the southern quarter; the Asuras conquered them thence; they contended for the western quarter; the Asuras conquered them thence; they contended for the northern quarter; the Asuras conquered them thence. They contended for the north-eastern quarter; they were not conquered thence. This is the unconquered quarter; therefore in this quarter one should strive or cause striving; for he has power to dispose of debts. The gods said, 'Through our lack of a king they conquer us; let us make a king.' 'Be it so' (they said). They made Soma king; with Soma as king they conquered all the quarters. He who sacrifices has Soma as king. While (the cart) stands facing east, they place on (the Soma); thereby he conquers the eastern quarter; him they carry round to the south; thereby he conquers the southern quarter; him they turn round to the west; thereby he conquers the western quarter; him they take down from (the cart) facing north; thereby he conquers the northern quarter. By Soma the king he conquers all the quarters who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.13) - [Next: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.15) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.1.3.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.1.14) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.2.p26) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.14) · Pramāṇa