[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) › 3.41 # Aitareyabrahmana 3.41 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.41) iti nu purastād, athopariṣṭāt. pañcadaśokthyasya stotrāṇi pañcadaśa śastrāṇi, sa māso. māsadhā saṃvatsaro vihitaḥ, saṃvatsaro 'gnir vaiśvānaro, 'gnir agniṣṭomaḥ. saṃvatsaram evānūkthyo 'gniṣṭomam apyety. ukthyam apiyantam anu vājapeyo 'pyety, ukthyo hi sa bhavati dvādaśa rātreḥ paryāyāḥ, sarve pañcadaśās, te dvau-dvau sampadya triṃśad. ekaviṃśaṃ ṣoḷaśi sāma, trivṛt saṃdhiḥ: sā triṃśat, sa māsas. triṃśan māsasya rātrayo. māsadhā saṃvatsaro vihitaḥ, saṃvatsaro 'gnir vaiśvānaro, 'gnir agniṣṭomaḥ. saṃvatsaram evānv atirātro 'gniṣṭomam apyety. atirātram apiyantam anv aptoryāmo 'pyety, atirātro hi sa bhavaty etad vai ye ca purastād ye copariṣṭād yajñakratavas, te sarve 'gniṣṭomam apiyanti tasya saṃstutasya navatiśataṃ stotriyāḥ. sā yā navatis te daśa trivṛto, 'tha yā navatis te daśātha yā daśa tāsām ekā stotriyodeti trivṛt pariśiṣyate: so 'sāv ekaviṃso 'dhyāhitas tapati. viṣuvān vā eṣa stomānāṃ. daśa vā etasmād arvāñcās trivṛto daśa parāñco, madhya eṣa ekaviṃśa ubhayato 'dhyāhitas tapati. tad yāsau stotriyodeti, saitasminn adhyūḷhā: sa yajamanas, tad daivaṃ kṣatraṃ saho balam aśnute ha vai daivaṃ kṣatraṃ saho balam, etasya ha sāyujyaṃ sarūpatāṃ salokatām aśnute ya evaṃ veda > iii. 41 (xiv. 3). So now as to previous (rites) and next as to subsequent (rites). There are fifteen Stotras in the Ukthya, fifteen Çastras; that makes up a month; by months is the year arranged; Agni Vaiçvānara is the year; the Agniṣṭoma is Agni; verily through the year the Ukthya is resolved into the Agniṣṭoma. Through the resolution of the Ukthya the Vājapeya is resolved, for it is an Ukthya. There are twelve night rounds, all in the Pañcadaça Stoma; taking these by two they make up thirty. The Ṣoḍaçin Sāman is the Ekaviṅça, the Sandhi (Sāman) is the Trivṛt; these are thirty, the month; the nights of the month are thirty; the year is arranged by months; Agni Vaiçvānara is the year; the Agniṣṭoma is Agni; verily through the year the Atirātra is resolved in the Agniṣṭoma; through the resolution of the Atirātra the Aptoryāma is resolved, for it is Atirātra. Thus all the sacrificial rites previous to and subsequent to (the Agniṣṭoma) are resolved into the Agniṣṭoma. Of it, taking the Stotras together, in all there are a hundred and ninety Stotriya verses. The ninety corresponds to ten Trivṛt (Stomas); then the (next) ninety to ten more; of the ten (that remain) one Stotriya verse is in excess, a Trivṛt is left over; it yonder gives heat as the twenty-first placed over (the rest). It is the midmost of the Stomas; before it are ten Trivṛts, after it ten; in the middle this twenty-first gives heat placed over on both sides. The Stotriya verse over is incorporated in this; it is the sacrificer; it is the divine lordly power, might and strength; he attains the divine lordly power, might and strength, he attains union and identity of form and world with it, who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.40) - [Next: 3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.42) - [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.3.4.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.3.41) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.17.p16) — 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) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s2.t10.41) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s11.6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p2351) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.41) · Pramāṇa