[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) › 2.12 # Aitareyabrahmana 2.12 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.12) tasya vapām utkhidyāharanti. tām adhvaryuḥ sruveṇābhighārayann āha: stokebhyo 'nubrūhīti tad yat stokāḥ ścotanti, sarvadevatyā vai stokā: nen ma ime 'nabhiprītā devān gachān iti juṣasva saprathastamam ity anvāha vaco devapsarastamam \ havyājuhvāna āsanīty Agner evaināṃs tad āsye juhotī/maṃ no yajñam amṛteṣu dhehīti sūktam anvāhe/mā havyā jātavedo juṣasveti havyajuṣṭim āśāste stokānām agne medaso ghṛtasyeti, medasaś ca hi ghṛtasya ca bhavanti hotaḥ prāśāna prathamo niṣadyety. Agnir vai devānāṃ hotāgne prāśāna prathamo niṣadyety eva tad āha ghṛtavantaḥ pāvaka te stokā ścotanti medasa iti, medasaś ca hy eva hi ghṛtasya ca bhavanti svadharman devavītaye śreṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vāryam ity āśiṣam āśāste tubhyaṃ stokā ghṛtaścuto 'gne viprāya santyeti, ghṛtaścuto hi bhavanty ṛṣiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sam idhyase yajñasya prāvitā bhaveti yajñasamṛddhim āśāste tubhyaṃ ścotanty adhrigo śacīva stokāso agne medaso ghṛtasyeti, medasaś ca hy eva hi ghṛtasya ca bhavanti kaviśasto bṛhatā bhānunāgā havyā juṣasva medhireti havyajuṣṭim evāśāsta ojiṣṭhaṃ te madhyato meda udbhṛtam pra te vayaṃ dadāmahe \ ścotanti te vaso stokā adhi tvaci prati tān devaśo vihīty abhy evaināṃs tad vaṣaṭkaroti, yathā somasyāgne vīhīti tad yat stokāḥ ścotanti, sarvadevatyā vai stokās, tasmād iyaṃ stokaśo vṛṣṭir vibhaktopācarati > ii. 12 (vii. 2). Having forced out its omentum they bring it up; the Adhvaryu covering it with butter from the dipping ladle says, ‘Recite for the drops.’ In that the drops are dropped, (it is because he thinks) ‘The drops are connected with all the deities; let these not, undelighted by me, go to the gods.’ ‘Rejoice in the most extending’ he recites. ‘This speech most pleasing to the gods, offering the oblations in thy mouth’ (he says); verily thus he offers them in the mouth of Agni. ‘This our sacrifice place among the immortals’, this hymn he recites. In ‘Rejoice in these oblations, O all-knower’ he invokes rejoicing in the oblations. ‘Of the drops, O Agni, of fat, of ghee’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. ‘O Hotṛ, eat first seated’ (he says); Agni is the Hotṛ of the gods; verily thus he says ‘O Agni, eat, first seated.’ ‘Rich in ghee, O purifying one, for thee the drops of fat are dropped’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. In ‘Bestow upon us in thy wont that most worthy thing meet for the enjoyment of the gods’ he invokes a benediction. ‘To thee, the sage, the drops drop ghee, O Agni, who art to be appeased’ (he says), for they drop ghee. In ‘As best seer art thou kindled; do thou become the helper of the sacrifice’ he invokes the perfecting of the sacrifice. ‘For thee they drop, O Adhrigu, O mighty one, the drops, O Agni, of fat and of ghee’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. ‘Praised by the poet with great blaze hast thou come; rejoice in the oblations, O wise one’, with this he invokes rejoicing in the oblations. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.2.2.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.7.p25) — 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 (4) - [Śākala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*sakala.3.21.3) — Sanskrit - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2607) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2024) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.asvalayanasamhita.253.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.12) · Pramāṇa