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'yaṃ vai Tārkṣyo yo 'yam pavata, eṣa svargasya lokasyābhivoḷhā tyam ū ṣu vājinaṃ devajūtam ity. eṣa vai vājī devajūtaḥ sahāvānaṃ tarutāraṃ rathānām ity. eṣa vai sahāvāṃs tarutaiṣa hīmām̐l lokān sadyas taraty ariṣṭanemim pṛtanājam āśum ity. eṣa va ariṣṭanemiḥ pṛtanājid āśuḥ svastaya iti svaṣtitām āśāste tārkṣyam ihā huvemeti hvayaty evainam etad indrasyeva rātim ājohuvānāḥ svastaya iti svastitām evāśāste nāvam ivā ruhemeti. sam evainam etad adhirohati svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai sampattyai saṃgatyā urvī na pṛthvī bahule gabhīre mā vām etau mā paretau riṣāmetīme evaitad anumantrayata ācaparācam eṣyan sadyaś cid yaḥ śavasā pañca kṛṣṭīḥ sūrya iva jyotiṣāpas tatāneti pratyakṣaṃ sūryam abhivadati sahasrasāḥ śatasā asya raṃhir na smā varante yuvatiṃ na śaryām ity āśiṣam evaitenāśāsta ātmane ca yajamānebhyaś ca > iv. 20 (xviii. 6). He mounts the difficult mounting; the difficult mounting is the world of heaven; verily thus he mounts the world of heaven who knows thus. As to its being the difficult mounting, he that gives heat yonder is hard to mount, and whoever goes there, in that he mounts the difficult mounting, verily thus he mounts him. He mounts (with a verse) containing (the word) 'gander', 'The gander seated in purity'; he is the gander seated in purity. 'The Vasu seated in the atmosphere' (he says); he is the Vasu seated in the atmosphere. 'The Hotṛ seated at the altar' (he says); he is the Hotṛ seated at the altar. 'The guest seated in the house' (he says); he is the guest seated in the house. 'Seated among men' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > (he says); he is seated among men. 'Seated in the best (abode)' (he says); he is seated in the best (abode); the best of abodes is that in which seated he gives heat. 'Seated in holy order' (he says); he is seated in truth. 'Seated is the sky' (he says); he is seated in the sky; the sky is that seat in which seated he gives heat. 'Born of the waters' (he says); he is born of the waters; from the waters he rises in the morning, into the waters he enters at evening. 'Born of the cow' (he says); he is born of the cow. 'Born of holy order' (he says); he is born of truth. 'Born of the mountain' (he says); he is born of the mountain. 'Holy order' (he says); he is truth. He is all these things. In the metres this (verse) is most manifestly as it were a symbol of him. Therefore, whenever he performs the difficult mounting, should he mount with (the verse) containing (the word) 'gander'. With the Tārkṣya (hymn) should he mount for one desiring the heaven. Tārkṣya aforetime made the journey when yonder the Gāyatrī in the form of an eagle brought the Soma. Thus, just as one makes one knowing the place a guide on a journey, so is it in that (he mounts) with the Tārkṣya: he who blows is Tārkṣya; he is the bearer to the world of heaven. 'This steed, god-strengthened' (he says); he is the steed, god-strengthened. 'Enduring, the bearer of the cars' (he says); he bears across enduring, for he at once crosses these worlds. 'With chariot rim unharmed, the warrior, swift' (he says); he is the one with chariot rim unharmed, the warrior, swift. 'For safety' (he says); he invokes safety. 'Tārkṣya let us summon hither' (he says); verily thus he summons him. With 'Invoking by sacrifice the favour as of Indra for safety' he invokes safety. 'Like a ship let us mount' (he says); verily thus he mounts it for the attainment, the winning, the arrival at the world of heaven. 'Like the two broad ones, wide, large, deep, may we not be harmed at your going and coming' (he says); verily thus he recites for these two, when going to and returning. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > 'He who at once with his glory over the five peoples > Like Sūrya with his light over the waters extendeth' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > (he says); openly he mentions the sun. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > 'A thousandfold, a hundredfold bestowing, is his onset; > They cannot stay him like a young dart' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > (he says); verily thus he invokes a benediction for himself and the sacrificers. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.19) - [Next: 4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.21) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.4.3.p10) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.4.20) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.20.p42) — 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 (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.4638) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.704) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.20) · Pramāṇa