[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) › 3.27 # Aitareyabrahmana 3.27 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.27) sā yad dakṣiṇena padā samagṛbhṇāt, tat prātaḥsavanam abhavat. tad gāyatrī svam āyatanam akuruta, tasmāt tat samṛddhatamam manyante sarveṣāṃ savanānām. agriyo mukhyo bhavati, śreṣṭhatām aśnute ya evaṃ vedātha yat savyena padā samagṛbhṇāt, tan mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam abhavat. tad visraṃsata, tad visrastaṃ nānvāpnot pūrvaṃ savanaṃ. te devāḥ prājijñāsanta, tasmiṃs triṣṭubhāṃ chandasām adadhur Indraṃ devatānāṃ, tena tat samāvadvīryam abhavat pūrveṇa savanenobhābhyāṃ savanābhyāṃ samāvadvīryābhyāṃ samāvajjāmībhyaṃ rādhnoti ya evaṃ vedātha yan mukhena samagṛbhṇāt, tat tṛtīyasavanam abhavat tasya patantī rasam adhayat, tad dhītarasaṃ nānvāpnot pūrve savane. te devāḥ prājijñāsanta, tat paśuṣv apaśyaṃs. tad yad āśiram avanayanty, ājyena paśunā caranti, tena tat samāvadvīryam abhavat pūrvābhyāṃ savanābhyāṃ sarvaiḥ savanaiḥ samāvadvīryaiḥ samāvajjāmibhī rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda > iii. 27 (xiii. 3). What she grasped with her right foot became the morning pressing; the Gāyatrī made it her own abode; therefore they regard it as the most perfect of all the pressings. The very first he becomes, he attains pre-eminence who knows thus. What she grasped with her left foot became the midday pressing; it slipped; having slipped it did not match the former pressing. The gods sought to remedy this; in it they placed the Triṣṭubh of metres, Indra of deities; thereby it became of equal strength with the former pressing; with the two pressings of equal strength and of similar quality he prospers who knows thus. That which she grasped with her mouth became the third pressing. Flying she sucked its sap; having > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > its sap sucked, it did not equal the two former pressings. The gods sought to remedy this; they saw it in cattle. In that they pour in an admixture (of milk), and proceed with the (offering of) butter and the animal (offering), thereby it became of equal strength with the previous pressings. With all the pressings of equal strength and of similar quality he prospers who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.26) - [Next: 3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.28) - [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.3.3.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.3.27) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.15.p28) — 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 (1) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t3.141) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.27) · Pramāṇa