[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) › 3.7 # Aitareyabrahmana 3.7 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.7) trayo vai vaṣaṭkārā: vajro dhāmachad riktah sa yam evoccair bali vaṣaṭkaroti sa vajras taṃ-tam praharati dviṣate bhrātṛvyāya vadhaṃ, yo 'sya stṛtyas tasmai startavai. tasmāt sa bhrātṛvyavatā vaṣaṭkṛtyo 'tha yaḥ samaḥ saṃtato 'nirhāṇarcaḥ sa dhāmachat taṃ-tam prajāś ca paśavaś cānūpatiṣṭhānte. tasmāt sa prajākāmena paśukāmena vaṣaṭkṛtyo 'tha yenaiva ṣaḷ avarādhnoti sa rikto riṇakty ātmānaṃ riṇakti yajamānam, pāpīyān vaṣaṭkartā bhavati pāpīyān yasmai vaṣaṭkaroti. tasmāt tasyāśāṃ neyāt kiṃ sa yajamānasya pāpabhadram ādriyeteti ha smāha yo 'sya hotā syād ity. atraivainaṃ yathā kāmayeta tathā kuryād yaṃ kāmayeta: yathaivānījāno 'bhūt tathaivejānaḥ syād iti, yathaivāsya ṛcam brūyāt tathaivāsya vaṣaṭkuryāt. sadṛśam evainaṃ tat karoti yaṃ kāmayeta: pāpīyān syād ity, uccaistarām asya ṛcam uktvā śanaistarāṃ vaṣaṭkuryāt. pāpīyāṃsam evainaṃ tat karoti yaṃ kāmayeta: śreyān syād iti, śanaistarām asya ṛcam uktvoccaistarāṃ vaṣaṭkuryāc. chriya evainaṃ tac chriyām ādadhāti saṃtatam ṛcā vaṣaṭkṛtyaṃ, saṃtatyai saṃdhīyate prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda > iii. 7 (xi. 7). There are three \_vaṣaṭ\_ calls, the thunderbolt, the hider of his abode, the empty. The \_vaṣaṭ\_ call which he makes aloud and forcibly is the thunderbolt; it he hurls as a missile at the rival who hates him to lay him low whom he should lay low. Therefore is it the \_vaṣaṭ\_ to be said by one with rivals. That which is even, continuous, and without loss of (part of) the verse, is the hider of his abode; on it depend offspring and cattle; therefore it is the \_vaṣaṭ\_ to be said by one desiring offspring and cattle. That one wherein the \_ṣaṭ\_ fails is the empty; he empties himself, he empties the sacrificer; the sayer of \_vaṣaṭ\_ becomes worse, he becomes worse for whom he says \_vaṣaṭ\_. Therefore he should not desire it. 'Should he consider the good and evil of the sacrificer', he used to say, 'whose Hotṛ he is?' He should do to him herein as he may desire. If he desire of a man 'As he has been before sacrificing, so let him be after sacrificing', he should say the \_vaṣaṭ\_ call for him as he recites the Ṛc for him; verily thus he makes him the same. If he desire of a man 'Let him be worse', having recited the Ṛc for him in a more raised tone he should say the \_vaṣaṭ\_ call in a more depressed tone; verily thus he makes him worse. If he desire of a man 'May he be better', having recited the Ṛc for him in a more depressed tone, he should say the \_vaṣaṭ\_ call in a more raised tone; from prosperity he places him in prosperity. The \_vaṣaṭ\_ is said continuously with the Ṛc, for continuity; he is united with offspring and cattle who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.6) - [Next: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.8) - [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.3.1.p13) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.3.7) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.13.p58) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.3.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.7) · Pramāṇa