[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) › 1.26 # Aitareyabrahmana 1.26 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.26) devavarma vā etad yat prayājāś cānuyājāś cāprayājam ananuyājam bhavatīṣvai saṃśityā apratiśarāya sakṛd atikramyāśrāvayati, yajñasyābhikrāntyā anapakramāya tad āhuḥ: krūram iva vā etat somasya rājño 'nte caranti yad asya ghṛtenānte caranti; ghṛtena hi vajreṇendro vṛtram ahaṃs tad yad: aṃśur-aṃśuṣ ṭe deva somāpyāyatām indrāyaikadhanavida ā tubhyam indraḥ pyāyatām ā tvam indrāya pyāyasvā pyāyayāsmān sakhīn \ sanyā medhayā svasti te deva soma sutyām udṛcam aśīyeti rājānam āpyāyayanti, yad evāsya tat krūram ivānte caranti tad evāsyaitenāpyayayanty, atho enaṃ vardhayanty eva dyāvāpṛthivyor vā eṣa garbho yat somo rājā. tad ad: eṣṭā rāya eṣṭā vāmāni preṣe bhagāya \ ṛtam ṛtavādibhyo namo dive namaḥ pṛthivyā iti prastare nihnavate,=W dyāvāpṛthivībhyām eva tan namaskurvanty, atho ene vardhayanty eva vardhayanty eva > i. 26 (iv. 9). The fore-offerings and the after-offerings are divine armour; (this rite) is without fore-offerings and after-offerings, to sharpen the arrow and to prevent rending. Having once stepped over he makes (him) proclaim, to master the sacrifice and to prevent its departure. They say, ‘A cruel thing do they in the neighbourhood of Soma the king, in that they offer the ghee in his neighbourhood, for by ghee as a thunderbolt Indra slew Vṛtra,’ in that they make the king to swell, (saying) ‘May every shoot of thine, O god Soma, swell for Indra who obtaineth the chief share; may Indra swell for thee; do thou swell for Indra; make us as comrades to swell; with gain, with insight, prosperously may I attain the conclusion in the pressing of thee, O God Soma’; verily thus they make whole whatever cruel as it were they do in his neighbourhood; moreover they cause him to grow. Soma the king is the embryo of sky and earth; in that, (saying) ‘Sought by sacrifice is wealth, sought are good things, for strength, for prosperity; holy order to the speakers of holy order; homage to sky, > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > homage to earth!’ they make (their amends) on the strew, verily thus they pay homage to sky and earth; moreover they cause them to grow. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.25) - [Next: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.27) - [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.p18) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.1.26) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.2.p131) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Sukhapradā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sadgurusisya) — Ṣaḍguruśiṣya, Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!madhava-alias-sayanacarya) — Mādhava alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.25) — P. V. Kane, English - [Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s7.41) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.26) · Pramāṇa