Aitareyabrahmana 2.17

2.17

śatam anūcyam āyuṣkāmasya. śatāyur vai puruṣaḥ śatavīryaḥ śatendriya,
āyuṣy evainaṃ tad vīrya indriye dadhāti
trīṇi ca śatāni ṣaṣṭiś cānūcyāni yajñakāmasya.
trīṇi ca vai śatāni ṣaṣṭiś ca saṃvatsarasyāhāni, tāvān saṃvatsaraḥ,
saṃvatsaraḥ Prajāpatiḥ, Prajāpatir yajña
upainaṃ yajño namati yasyaivaṃ vidvāṃs trīṇi ca śatāni ṣaṣṭiṃ cānvāha
sapta ca śatāni viṃśatiś cānūcyāni prajāpaśukāmasya.
sapta ca vai śatāni viṃśatiś ca saṃvatsarasyāhorātrās, tāvān saṃvatsaraḥ,
saṃvatsaraḥ Prajāpatir yam prajāyamānaṃ viśvaṃ rūpam idaṃ anuprajāyate.
Prajāpatim eva tat prajāyamānam prajayā paśubhir anuprajāyate prajātyai
prajāyate prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ vedā/ṣṭau
śatāny anūcyāny abrāhmaṇoktasya,
yo vā duruktoktaḥ śamalagṛhīto yajetāṣṭākṣarā vai gāyatrī,
gāyatryā vai devāḥ pāpmānaṃ śamalam apāghnata.
gāyatryaivāsya tat pāpmānaṃ śamalam apahanty
apa pāpmānaṃ hate ya evaṃ veda
sahasram anūcyaṃ svargakāmasya. sahasrāśvīne vā itaḥ svargo lokaḥ,
svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai sampattyai saṃgatyā
aparimitam anūcyam. aparimito vai Prajāpatiḥ.
Prajāpater vā etad ukthaṃ yat prātaranuvākas,
tasmin sarve kāmā avarudhyante.
sa yad aparimitam anvāha, sarveṣāṃ kāmānām avaruddhyai
sarvān kāmān avarunddhe ya evaṃ veda
tasmād aparimitam evānūcyaṃ
saptāgneyāni chandāṃsy anvāha. sapta vai devalokāḥ
sarveṣu devalokeṣu rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
saptoṣasyāni chandāṃsy anvāha. sapta vai grāmyāḥ paśavo
'va grāmyān paśūn runddhe ya evaṃ veda
saptāśvināni chandāṃsy anvāha.
saptadhā vai vāg avadat, tāvad vai vāg avadat,
sarvasyai vācaḥ sarvasya brahmaṇaḥ parigṛhītyai
tisro devatā anvāha.
trayo vā ime trivṛto lokā, eṣām eva lokānām abhijityai

ii. 17 (vii. 7). A hundred (verses) should be recited for one desiring life; man has a hundred (years of life), a hundred strengths, a hundred powers; verily thus he confers upon him life, strength, and power. Three hundred and sixty should be recited for one desiring the sacrifice; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; so great is the year; Prajāpati is the year; the sacrifice is Prajāpati. To him the sacrifice condescends, for whom one who knows thus recites three hundred and sixty. Seven hundred and twenty should be recited for one desiring offspring and cattle. Seven hundred and twenty are the days and nights of the year; so great is the year; Prajāpati is the year; he through whose propagation all this is propagated; verily thus through Prajāpati being propagated he is propagated with offspring and cattle for propagation; he is propagated with offspring and cattle who knows thus. Eight hundred should be recited for

one who is called not a Brahman or who being ill-spoken of and seized with defilement sacrifices; the Gāyatrī has eight syllables; by means of the Gāyatrī the gods smote away the evil, the defilement; verily thus by the Gāyatrī he smites away the evil, the defilement. A thousand should be recited for one desiring heaven; the world of heaven is at a distance of a thousand journeys of a horse hence; (they serve) for the attainment of the world of heaven, the securing, the going to (the world of heaven). An unlimited number should be recited; Prajāpati is unlimited; the morning litany is the litany of Prajāpati; in it are all desires obtained. In that he recites an unlimited number, (it serves) to win all desires; all desires he wins who knows thus. Therefore should an unlimited number be recited. In seven metres he recites for Agni; seven are the worlds of the gods; in all the worlds of the gods he prospers who knows thus. In seven metres he recites for Uṣas; seven are the tame animals; he wins the tame animals who knows thus. In seven metres he recites for the Açvins; in seven ways spoke speech; so much spoke speech; (they serve) to secure the whole of speech, the whole of the holy power. To three deities he recites; three are these threefold worlds; verily (they serve) to conquer these worlds.