[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) › 1.5 # Aitareyabrahmana 1.5 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.5) gāyatryau sviṣṭakṛtaḥ saṃyājye kurvīta tejaskāmo brahmavarcasakāmas tejo vai brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī tejasvī brahmavarcasī bhavati ya evaṃ vidvān gāyatryau kuruta uṣṇihāv āyuṣkāmaḥ kurvītā/yur vā uṣṇik sarvam āyur eti ya evaṃ vidvān uṣṇihau kurute 'nuṣṭubhau svargakāmaḥ kurvīta dvayor vā anuṣtubhoś catuḥṣaṣṭir akṣarāṇi, traya ima ūrdhvā ekaviṃśā lokā; ekaviṃśatyaikaviṃśatyaivemām̐l lokān rohati, svarga eva loke catuḥṣaṣṭitamena pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati ya evaṃ vidvān anuṣṭubhau kurute bṛhatyau śrīkāmo yaśaskāmaḥ kurvīta śrīr vai yaśaś chandasām bṛhatī śriyam eva yaśa ātman dhatte ya evaṃ vidvān bṛhatyau kurute paṅktī yajñakāmaḥ kurvīta pāṅkto vai yajña upainaṃ yajño namati ya evaṃ vidvān paṅktī kurute triṣṭubhau vīryakāmaḥ kurvītau/jo vā indriyaṃ vīryaṃ triṣṭub== ojasvīndriyavān vīryavān bhavati ya evaṃ vidvāṃs triṣṭubhau kurute jagatyau paśukāmaḥ kurvīta jāgatā vai paśavaḥ paśumān bhavati ya evaṃ vidvāñ jagatyau kurute virājāv annādyakāmaḥ kurvītā/nnaṃ vai virāṭ tasmād yasyaiveha bhūyiṣṭham annam bhavati sa eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ loke virājati, tad virājo virāṭtvaṃ vi sveṣu rājati, śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati ya evaṃ veda > i. 5. Gāyatrī verses should he use as the invitatory and offering verses of the Sviṣṭakṛt, who desires brilliance or splendour; the Gāyatrī is brilliance and splendour; brilliant and resplendent does he become who knowing thus uses Gāyatrī verses. Uṣṇih verses should he use who desires life; the Uṣṇih is life; he lives all his days who knowing thus uses Uṣṇih verses. Anuṣṭubh verses should he use who desires the heaven; of two Anuṣṭubhs there are sixty-four syllables; three worlds each twenty-onefold are there stretching upwards; with twenty-one (verses) each he mounts these worlds; with the sixty-fourth he finds support in the world of heaven; support he finds who knowing thus uses Anuṣṭubh verses. Bṛhatī verses should he use who desires prosperity and glory; the Bṛhatī is prosperity and glory among the metres; verily prosperity and glory he places in himself who knowing thus uses Bṛhatī verses. Paṅkti verses should he use who desires the sacrifice; the sacrifice is fivefold; verily the sacrifice condescends to him who knowing thus uses Paṅkti verses. Triṣṭubh verses should he use who desires strength; the Triṣṭubh is force, power, and strength; possessed of force, power, and strength does he become who knowing thus uses Triṣṭubh verses. Jagatī verses should he use who desires cattle; cattle are connected with the Jagatī; he becomes possessed of cattle who knowing thus uses Jagatī verses. Virāj verses should he use who desires proper food; the Virāj is food; therefore he who here has most food is most glorious in the world; that is why the Virāj has its name (the glorious). Glorious among his own is he, best of his own does he become who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.6) - [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.1.1.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.1.5) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.1.p59) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.5) · Pramāṇa