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Agnim eva tat kalpayaty, Agnim apyety u ta no brahmann aviṣa iti śaṃsati. candramā vai brahma. candramasam eva tat kalpayati, candramasam apyeti sa yantā vipra eṣām iti śaṃsati. Vāyur vai yantā, Vāyunā hīdaṃ yatam antarikṣaṃ na samṛchati. Vāyum eva tat kalpayati, Vāyum apyety ṛtāvā yasya rodasī iti śaṃsati. dyāvāpṛthivī vai rodasī. dyāvāpṛthivī eva tat kalpayati, dyāvāpṛthivī apyeti nū no rāsvo sahasravat tokavat puṣṭimad vasv ity uttamayā paridadhāti. saṃvatsaro vai samastaḥ sahasravāṃs tokavān puṣṭimān. saṃvatsaram eva tat samastaṃ kalpayati, saṃvatsaraṃ samastam apyeti yājyayā yajati. vṛṣṭir vai yājyā vidyud eva, vidyud dhīdaṃ vṛṣṭim annādyaṃ samprayachati. vidyutam eva tat kalpayati, vidyutam apyeti sa evaṃ vidvān etanmayo devatāmayo bhavati bhavati > ii. 41 (x. 9). He recites the silent praise as of six clauses; the seasons are six; verily thus he places the seasons in order; he goes to the seasons. He recites the Puroruc as of twelve clauses; the months are twelve; verily thus he places the months in order; he goes to the months. ‘Forward to your god, Agni’ he recites; ‘forward’ is the atmosphere, for all these creatures advance following the atmosphere; verily thus he places the atmosphere in order; he goes to the atmosphere. ‘Radiant, unparalleled’ he recites; he who yonder gives heat is radiant, for there is nothing that is > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > before him; verily thus he places him in order; he goes to him. ‘He for us protection for our enjoyment’ he recites; Agni accords protection as proper foods; verily thus he places Agni in order; he goes to Agni. ‘Do thou aid us, O Brahman’ he recites; the holy power is the moon; verily thus he places the moon in order; he goes to the moon. ‘He is the holder, the sage, of them’ he recites; the holder is Vāyu, for this atmosphere held by Vāyu does not fall in; verily thus he places Vāyu in order; he goes to Vāyu. ‘The righteous of whom the two worlds’ he recites; the two worlds are sky and earth; verily thus he places sky and earth in order; he goes to sky and earth. ‘Do thou accord us wealth with a thousand, with offspring, with prosperity’, with the last (verse ) he concludes; the year as a complex possesses a thousand, offspring, and prosperity; verily thus he places the year as a complex in order; he goes to the year as a complex. He sacrifices with an offering verse; the offering verse is rain and lightning, for lightning here gives rain and proper food; verily thus he places lightning in order; he goes to the lightning. He who knows this becomes thus composed, composed of the deities. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.40) - [Next: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.1) - [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.2.5.p17) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.2.41) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.12.p72) — 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) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2264) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p1373) — Sanskrit - [Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.oldenberg-1888.c6.s1.21) — Hermann Oldenberg, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.41) · Pramāṇa