[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) › 4.8 # Aitareyabrahmana 4.8 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.8) tāsāṃ vai devatānām ājiṃ dhāvantīnām abhisṛṣṭānām Agnir mukham prathamaḥ pratyapadyata. tam Aśvināv anvāgachatāṃ, tam abrūtām: apodihy, āvāṃ vā idaṃ jeṣyāva iti. sa tathety abravīt, tasya vai mamehāpyastv iti. tatheti. tasmā apy atrākurutāṃ, tasmād āgneyam āśvine śasyate tā Uṣasam anvāgachatāṃ, tām abrūtām: apodihy, āvāṃ vā idaṃ jeṣyāva iti. sā tathety abravīt, tasyai vai mamehāpyastv iti. tatheti. tasyā apy atrākurutāṃ, tasmād uṣasyam āśvine śasyate tāv Indram anvāgachatāṃ, tam abrūtām: āvāṃ vā idam maghavañ jeṣyāva iti. na ha taṃ dadhṛṣatur apodihīti vaktuṃ. sa tathety abravīt, tasya vai mamehāpyastv iti. tatheti. tasmā apy atrākurutāṃ, tasmād aindram āśvine śasyate tad Aśvinā udajayatām, Aśvināv āśnuvātāṃ. yad Aśvinā udajayatām Aśvināv āśnuvātāṃ, tasmād etad āśvinam ity ācakṣate 'śnute yad-yat kāmayate ya evaṃ veda tad āhur: yac chasyata āgneyaṃ śasyata uṣasyam śasyata aindram: atha kasmād etad āśvinam ity ācakṣata ity. Aśvinau hi tad udajayatām, Aśvināv āśnuvātāṃ. yad Aśvinā udajayatām Aśvināv āśnuvātāṃ, tasmād etad āśvinam ity ācakṣate 'śnute yad-yat kāmayate ya evaṃ veda > iv. 8 (xvii. 2.) As these deities were running the race, and had started, Agni took the lead first; the Açvins followed him; to him they said 'Give way; we two will win this.' 'Be it so', he replied, 'Let me have a share here.' 'Be it so' (they said). For him they made a share herein; therefore at the Āçvina (Çastra) (a litany) to Agni is recited. They followed after Uṣas; to her they said 'Give way; we two will win this.' 'Be it so', she replied, 'Let me have a share here.' 'Be it so' (they said). For her they made a share herein; therefore at the Āçvina (a litany) to Uṣas is recited. They followed after Indra; to him they said 'We will win this, O generous one'; they did not dare to say to him 'Give way'. 'Be it so', he replied, 'Let me have a share herein.' 'Be it so' (they said). For him they made a share herein; therefore at the Āçvina (a litany) to Indra is recited. The Açvins won the race; the Açvins attained it. In that the Açvins won the race the Açvins attained it, therefore they call it the Āçvina. He attains whatever he desires who knows thus. They say 'In that there are here recitations to Agni, to Uṣas, to Indra, then why do they call it the Āçvina?' (It is) because the Açvins won the race, the Açvins attained it. In that the Açvins won the race, the Açvins attained it, therefore they call it the Āçvina. He attains whatever he desires, who knows thus. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.7) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.9) - [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.4.2.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.4.8) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.19.p68) — 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.v4.c15.s3.t2.72) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.bhandarkar-1914.c6.45) — R. G. Bhandarkar, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.8) · Pramāṇa