[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) › 1.18 # Aitareyabrahmana 1.18: adhyāya 4, khaṇḍaḥ 1-9 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.18) yajño vai devebhya udakrāman: na vo 'ham annam bhaviṣyāmīti. neti devā abruvann, annam eva no bhaviṣyasīti. taṃ devā vimethire, sa haibhyo vihṛto na prababhūva. te hocur devā: na vai na itthaṃ vihṛto 'lam bhaviṣyati, hantemaṃ yajñaṃ sambharāmeti. tatheti. taṃ saṃjabhrus taṃ sambhṛtyocur Aśvināv: imam bhiṣajyatam ity. Aśvinau vai devānām bhiṣajāv, Aśvināv adhvaryū. tasmād adhvaryū gharmaṃ sambharatas taṃ sambhṛtyāhatur: brahman pravargyeṇa pracariṣyāmo hotar abhiṣṭuhīti > i. 18 (iv. 1). The sacrifice went away from the gods (saying), 'I shall not be your food.' 'No', replied the gods, 'Verily thou shalt be our food.' The gods crushed it; it being taken apart was not sufficient for them. The gods said 'It will not be sufficient for us, being taken apart; come, let us gather together the sacrifice.' (They replied) 'Be it so'. They gathered it together; having gathered it together they said to the Açvins, 'Do ye two heal it', the Açvins are the physicians of the gods, the Açvins the Adhvaryus; therefore the two Adhvaryus gather together the cauldron. Having gathered it together they say, 'O Brahman, we shall proceed with the Pravargya offering; O Hotṛ, do thou recite.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.17) - [Next: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.19) - [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.1.4.p2) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.1.18) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.2.p65) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.2.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.18) · Pramāṇa