[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) › 2.29 # Aitareyabrahmana 2.29 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.29) prāṇā vā ṛtuyājās. tad yad ṛtuyājaiś cāranti, prāṇān eva tad yajamāne dadhati ṣaḷ ṛtuneti yajanti, prāṇam eva tad yajamāne dadhati catvāra ṛtubhir iti yajanty, apānam eva tad yajamāne dadhati dvir ṛtunety upariṣṭād, vyānam eva tad yajamāne dadhati sa vā ayam prāṇas tredhā vihitaḥ: prāṇo 'pāno vyāna iti. tad yad ṛtuna ṛtubhir ṛtuneti yajanti, prāṇānāṃ saṃtatyai prāṇānām avyavachedāya prāṇā vā ṛtuyājā. nartuyājānām anuvaṣaṭkuryād, asaṃsthitā vā ṛtava, ekaika eva yad ṛtuyājānām anuvaṣaṭkuryād asāṃsthitān ṛtūn saṃsthāpayet, saṃsthā vā eṣā yad anuvaṣaṭkāro. ya enaṃ tatra brūyād: asaṃsthitān ṛtūn samatiṣṭhipad duṣṣamam bhaviṣyatīti, śaśvat tathā syāt. tasmān nartuyājānām anuvaṣaṭkuryāt > ii. 29 (ix. 5). The offerings to the seasons are the breaths; in that they proceed with the offerings to the seasons, verily thus they place the breaths in the sacrificer. Six (priests) offer (saying) ‘With the season’; verily thus they place expiration in the sacrifice; four with ‘With the seasons’ offer; verily thus they place inspiration in the sacrifice; twice with ‘With the season’ later; verily thus they place cross-breathing in the sacrificer. This breath is divided in three ways, expiration, inspiration, and cross-breathing. In that they offer (saying) ‘With the season,’ ‘with the seasons,’ ‘with the season,’ (it is) for the continuity of the breaths, to avoid splitting the breaths. The offerings to the seasons are the breaths; he should not say the second vaṣaṭ for the offerings to the seasons; the seasons are unresting; each (follows) each. If he were to say the second vaṣaṭ for the offerings to the seasons he would bring to rest the unresting seasons; the second vaṣaṭ is an ending. If one were then to say of him ‘He has brought to rest the unresting seasons; it will be an ill season’, it would certainly be so. Therefore he should not say the second vaṣaṭ for the offerings to the seasons. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.28) - [Next: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.30) - [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.2.4.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.2.29) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.11.p13) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.7.3) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.29) · Pramāṇa