[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) › 1.24 # Aitareyabrahmana 1.24 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.24) jitayo vai nāmaitā yad upasado, 'sapatnāṃ vā etābhir devā vijitiṃ vyajayantā/sapatnāṃ vijitiṃ vijayate ya evaṃ veda yāṃ devā eṣu lokeṣu yām ṛtuṣu yām māseṣu yām ardhamāseṣu yām ahorātrayor vijitiṃ vyajayanta, tāṃ vijitiṃ vijayate ya evaṃ veda te devā abibhayur: asmākaṃ vipremāṇam anv idam asurā ābhaviṣyantīti. te vyutkramyāmantrayantāgnir Vasubhir udakrāmad, īndro Rudrair, Varuṇa ādityair, Bṛhaspatir Viśvair devais te tathā vyutkramyāmantrayanta. te 'bruvan: hanta yā eva na imāḥ priyatamās tanvas tā asya Varuṇasya rājño gṛhe saṃnidadhāmahai; tābhir eva naḥ sa na saṃgachātai yo na etad atikrāmād, ya ālulobhayiṣād iti. tatheti. te Varuṇasya rājño gṛhe tanūḥ saṃnyadadhata te yad Varuṇasya rājño gṛhe tanūḥ saṃnyadadhata tat tānūnaptram abhavat, tat tānūnaptrasya tānūnaptratvaṃ tasmād āhur: na satānūnaptriṇe drogdhavyam iti tasmād v idam asurā nānvābhavanti > i. 24 (iv. 7). The Upasads are called victories; by them the gods won an unrivalled victory; an unrivalled victory does he win who thus knows. The victory which the gods won over these worlds, the seasons, the months, the half-months, the day and night, that victory he wins who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > The gods were afraid, ‘Through our disagreement the Asuras will wax great here.’ Having gone apart they took council; Agni went out with the Vasus, Indra with the Rudras, Varuṇa with the Ādityas, Bṛhaspati with the All-gods. Having thus gone apart they took council; they said, ‘Come, our dearest bodies let us deposit in the house of king Varuṇa; with them may he not be united who shall transgress this, who shall seek to cause trouble.’ ‘Be it so’ (they replied). They deposited their bodies in the house of king Varuṇa; that became their bodily covenant; that is why the bodily covenant (Tānūnaptra) has its name. Therefore they say, ‘One should not show treachery to one united by the bodily covenant.’ Therefore the Asuras do not wax great here. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.23) - [Next: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.25) - [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.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.1.24) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.2.p114) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.24) · Pramāṇa