[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) › 3.49 # Aitareyabrahmana 3.49 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.49) agniṣṭomaṃ vai devā aśrayantokthāny asurās, te samāvadvīryā evāsan, na vyāvartanta. tān Bharadvāja ṛṣīṇām apaśyad: ime vā asurā uktheṣu śritās, tān eṣāṃ na kaś cana paśyatīti, so 'gnim udahvayad ehy ū ṣu bravāṇi te 'gna itthetarā gira ity asuryā ha vā itarā giraḥ so 'gnir upottiṣṭhann abravīt: kiṃ svid eva mahyaṃ kṛśo dīrghaḥ palito vakṣyatīti Bharadvājo ha vai kṛśo dīrghaḥ palita āsa so 'bravīd: ime vā asurā uktheṣu śritās, tān vo na kaś cana paśyatīti tān Agnir aśvo bhūtvābhyatyadravad. yad Agnir aśvo bhūtvābhyatyadravat, tat sākamaśvaṃ sāmābhavat, tat sākamaśvasya sākamaśvatvaṃ tad āhuḥ: sākamaśvenokthāni praṇayed, apraṇītāni vāva tāny ukthāni yāny anyatra sākamaśvād iti pramaṃhiṣṭhīyena pranayed, ity āhuḥ, pramaṃhiṣṭhīyena vai devā asurān ukthebhyaḥ prāṇudanta tat prāhaiva pramaṃhiṣṭhīyena nayet, pra sākamaśvena > iii. 49 (xv. 5). In the Agniṣṭoma the gods took refuge, in the Ukthas the Asuras; they were of equal strength; they could not be discriminated. These Bharadvāja among the seers saw ‘These Asuras are resting in the Ukthas; them no one of these (gods) sees.’ He called to Agni ‘Come, I shall proclaim to thee, O Agni, other words.’ Other words are those of the Asuras. Agni, rising up, said ‘What does this lean, tall, grey-haired > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > one desire to say to me?' Bharadvāja was lean, tall, and grey haired. He replied 'These Asuras are resting in the Ukthas; them no one of you sees.' Agni, becoming a horse, rushed to and beyond them; in that Agni, having become a horse, rushed to and beyond them, that was the origin of the Sākamaçva Sāman; that is why the Sākamaçva has its name. They say 'He should begin the Ukthas with the Sākamaçva; the Ukthas have no proper beginning other than the Sākamaçva.' 'With the Pramaṅhiṣṭhīya he should begin,' they say. By means of the Pramaṅhiṣṭhīya the gods repelled the Asuras from the Ukthas. Thus he may begin with the Pramaṅhiṣṭhīya, or with the Sākamaçva. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.48) - [Next: 3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.50) - [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.3.5.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.3.49) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.18.p44) — 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) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.611) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2628) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s3.46) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.49) · Pramāṇa