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He recites the inserted verses; by the inserted verses Prajāpati milked from these worlds whatever desire he desired; by means of the inserted verses he milks from these worlds whatever he desires, who knows thus. Now as to these inserted verses, whenever the gods observed a breach in the sacrifice that they closed up by the inserted verses; that is why the inserted verses have their name. With a sacrifice without breach does he sacrifice who knows thus. Now as to these inserted verses, the inserted verses are the sewing of the sacrifice; just as one continues putting together a garment with a needle, so does he continue with these putting together the breach in the sacrifice who knows thus. Further as to the inserted verses, the inserted verses are the recitations for the Upasads; ‘Agni is the leader’ (he says ); the first Upasad is connected with Agni; of that this is the recitation. ‘Thou with insight, O Soma’ (he says ); the second Upasad is connected with Soma; of that this is the recitation. ‘They swell the waters’ (he says ); the third Upasad is connected with Viṣṇu; of that this is the recitation. So much space as by sacrifice with the Soma sacrifice he > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > conquers, that he conquers with each Upasad who knows thus and who knowing thus recites the inserted verses. As to this some hold ‘You the great’ should he recite; saying ‘We know that this (verse) is recited among the Bharatas.’ That is not to be regarded. If he were to recite it, Parjanya would be liable not to rain. ‘They swell the waters’ only he should recite; that line has rain in it; it mentions the Maruts in ‘Maruts’, and contains (the word) ‘lead’ in ‘Like a steed to make rain they lead about’; that which has (the word) ‘lead’ has the word ‘stride’; that which has ‘stride’ is connected with Viṣṇu; ‘The strong one’ (he says); the strong one is Indra. In this (verse) there are four clauses, referring respectively to rain, the Maruts, Viṣṇu, and Indra. This verse which has its place in the third pressing is recited at the midday (pressing); therefore the cattle of the Bharatas now spend the evening in the cattle-ground, and at the midday come up to the cattle-shed. It is in Jagatī, for cattle are connected with the Jagatī; the midday is the self of the sacrificer; thus he confers cattle on the sacrificer. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.3.2.p13) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.3.18) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.14.p52) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.18) · Pramāṇa