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With these Kakṣīvant went to > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > the dear home of the Açvins; he won the highest world; he goes to the dear home of the Açvins, he wins the highest world who knows thus. ‘Agni shineth as the forefront of the dawns’ is a hymn. ‘O Açvins, to the swelling cauldron’ is appropriate; that which in the sacrifice is appropriate is perfect. It is in Triṣṭubh verses; the Triṣṭubh is strength; verily then he places strength in him. ‘Like the two pressing-stones for the one purpose ye sing’ is a hymn; by enumerating the members in ‘Like the two eyes, like the two ears, like the two nostrils’, verily thus he places the senses in him. It is in Triṣṭubh verses; the Triṣṭubh is strength; verily thus he places strength in him. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is a hymn and ‘Agni, the cauldron, the shining, for hastening on the way’ is appropriate; that which in the sacrifice is appropriate is perfect. It is in Jagatī verses; cattle are connected with the Jagatī; verily thus he confers cattle upon him. ‘By which ye did help N. N., by which ye did help N. N.’ (he says); so many desires do the Açvins see in it; them verily thus does he place in him; verily thus with them he makes him successful. ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow’ is (a verse) containing (the word) ‘glow’; verily thus he confers glowing upon him. ‘With days and with nights guard us around’, with the last (verse) he concludes, ‘With those unharmed and bringing good fortune, O Açvins; may this Mitra and Varuṇa accord us; Aditi, Sindhu, earth and sky’; verily thus with these desires he makes him successful. Such is the first section. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.20) - [Next: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.22) - [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.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.1.21) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.2.p81) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.21) · Pramāṇa