[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) › 2.4 # Aitareyabrahmana 2.4 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.4) āprībhir āprīṇati tejo vai brahmavarcasam āpriyas, tejasaivainaṃ tad hi brahmavarcasena samardhayati samidho yajati prāṇā vai samidhaḥ, prāṇā hīdaṃ sarvaṃ samindhate yad idaṃ kiṃca; prāṇān eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇān yajamāne dadhāti Tanūnapātaṃ yajati. prāṇo vai Tanūnapāt, sa hi tanvaḥ pāti; prāṇam eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇaṃ yajamāne dadhāti Narāśaṃsaṃ yajati. prajā vai naro, vāk śaṃsaḥ; prajāṃ caiva tad vācaṃ ca prīṇāti, prajāṃ ca vācaṃ ca yajamāne dadhātī/ḷo yajaty. annaṃ vā iḷo; 'nnam eva tat prīṇāty, annaṃ yajamāne dadhāti barhir yajati. paśavo vai barhiḥ; paśūn eva tat prīṇāti, paśūn yajamāne dadhāti duro yajati. vṛṣṭir vai duro; vṛṣṭim eva tat prīṇati, vṛṣṭim annādyaṃ yajamāne dadhāty uṣāsānaktā yajaty. ahorātre vā uṣāsānaktāhorātre eva tat prīṇāty, ahorātrayor yajamānaṃ dadhāti daivyā hotārā yajati. prāṇāpānau vai daivyā hotārā; prāṇāpānāv eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇāpānau yajamāne dadhāti tisro devīr yajati. prāṇo vā apāno vyānas tisro devyas; tā eva tat prīṇāti, tā yajamāne dadhāti Tvaṣṭāraṃ yajati. vāg vai Tvaṣṭā, vāg ghīdaṃ sarvaṃ tāṣṭīva; vācan, eva tat prīṇāti, vācaṃ yajamāne dadhāti vanaspatiṃ yajati. prāṇo vai vanaspatiḥ; prāṇam eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇaṃ yajamāne dadhāti svāhākṛtīr yajati. pratiṣṭhā vai svāhākṛtayaḥ, pratiṣṭhāyām eva tad= yajñam antataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati tābhir yathaṛṣy āprīṇīyād. yad yathaṛṣy āprīṇāti. yajamanam eva tad bandhutāyā notsṛjati > ii. 4 (vi. 4). With the Āprī verses he delights; the Āprī verses are brilliance and splendour; verily thus with brilliance and splendour he causes him to prosper. He says the offering verses for the kindling-sticks; the kindling-sticks are the breaths, for the breaths enkindle all that there is here; verily thus he delights the breaths, he places the breaths in the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for Tanūnapāt; Tanūnapāt is the breath, for he protects bodies; verily thus he delights the breath, he places the breath in the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for Narāśaṅsa ; men are offspring; praise is speech; verily thus he delights offspring and speech; offspring and speech he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the sacrificial food; the sacrificial food is food; verily thus he delights food; food he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the strew; the strew is cattle; verily thus he delights cattle; cattle he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verses for the doors; the doors are rain; verily thus he delights rain; rain and proper food he bestows upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for dawn and night; dawn and night are day and night; verily thus he delights day and night; in day and night he places the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the divine Hotṛs; the divine Hotṛs are expiration and inspiration; verily thus he delights expiration and inspiration; expiration and inspiration he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the three goddesses; the three goddesses are expiration, inspiration, and cross-breathing; verily thus he delights them; them he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for Tvaṣṭṛ; Tvaṣṭṛ is speech, for speech creates all this as it were; verily thus he delights speech; he confers speech on the sacrificer. He says the offering verse > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > for the lord of the forest; the lord of the forest is the breath; verily thus he delights the breath; the breath he places in the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the calls of Hail!; the calls of Hail! are a support; verily thus on a support at the end he establishes the sacrificer. For these should he use (verses) by the ancestral seer; in that he uses (verses) by the seer, verily thus he does not set loose the sacrificer from his connexion. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.5) - [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.2.1.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.2.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.6.p13) — 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 (2) - [A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.muller-1859.c10.47) — F. Max Müller, English - [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903.c9.15) — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.4) · Pramāṇa