[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) › 3.30 # Aitareyabrahmana 3.30 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.30) ārbhavaṃ śaṃsaty Ṛbhavo vai deveṣu tapasā somapītham abhyajayaṃs. tebhyaḥ prātaḥsavane 'vācikalpayiṣaṃs, tān Agnir Vasubhiḥ prātaḥsavanād anudata. tebhyo mādhyaṃdine savane 'vācikalpayiṣaṃs, tān Indro Rudrair mādhyaṃdināt savanād anudata. tebhyas tṛtīyasavane 'vācikalpayiṣaṃs, tān Viśve devā anonudyanta: neha pāsyanti neheti. sa Prajāpatir abravīt Savitāraṃ: tava vā ime 'ntevāsās, tvam evaibhiḥ sampibasveti. sa tathety abravīt Savitā, tān vai tvam ubhayataḥ paripibeti. tān Prajāpatir ubhayataḥ paryapibat te ete dhāyye anirukte prājāpatye śasyete abhita ārbhavaṃ: surupakṛtnum ūtaye, 'yaṃ venaś codayat pṛśnigarbhā iti. Prajāpatir evaināṃs tad ubhayataḥ paripibati. tasmād u śreṣṭhī pātre rocayaty eva yaṃ kāmayate taṃ tebhyo vai devā apaivābībhatsanta manuṣyagandhāt, ta ete dhāyye antaradadhata: yebhyo mātai, vā pitra iti > iii. 30 (xiii. 6) He recites (a hymn) to the Ṛbhus ; the Ṛbhus by fervour among the gods won the drinking of Soma. For them they desired to arrange it at the morning pressing; them Agni with the Vasus repelled from the morning pressing. For them they sought to arrange it at the midday pressing; them Indra with the Rudras repelled from the midday pressing. For them they desired to arrange it at the third pressing; them the All-gods energetically repelled, (saying) ‘They shall not drink here, not here.’ Prajāpati said to Savitṛ ‘These are thy pupils; do thou drink together with them.’ ‘Be it so,’ replied Savitṛ, ‘Do thou drink round them on both sides.’ Prajāpati drank round them on both sides; these two inserted verses without mention (of the deity), intended for Prajāpati, are recited round (the hymn) for the Ṛbhus, ‘The maker of fair forms for aid’ and ‘Let Vena here impel those born of Pṛçni’; verily thus does Prajāpati drink on both sides of them. Therefore does one of high rank honour at his table him whom he desires. The gods had loathing of those because of the human > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > scent; they interposed these inserted verses ‘In whom the mother’ and ‘To the father’. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.29) - [Next: 3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.31) - [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.p10) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.3.30) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.15.p54) — 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 (8) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v5.c47.10) — John Muir, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.799) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s1.4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c20.112) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English - [Corporate Life in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.economy.majumdar-1920.c5.s1.16) — R. C. Majumdar, English - [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s8.t1.4) — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English - [Local Government in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1919.c8.9) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English - [The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1893.c11.17) — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.30) · Pramāṇa