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The sky as deity supports the sixth day, the Trayastriṅça Stoma, the Raivata Sāman, the Atichandas metre. With it according to the deity, the Stoma, the Sāman, the metre, he prospers who knows thus. That which has the same endings is a symbol of the sixth day, for the sixth day is a repetition of the third day. That which contains (the word) > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > ‘horse’, (the word) ‘end’, that which is repeated, that which is alliterated, that which contains (the word) ‘stay’, that which contains (the word) ‘surround’, that which contains (the word) ‘three’, that which is a symbol of the end, (the fact) that the deity is mentioned in the last Pada, (the fact) that yonder world is referred to, that which is connected with Parucchepa, that which has seven Padas, the Nārāçaṅsa, the Nābhānediṣṭha, the Raivata, the Atichandas metre, the past tense, that which is a symbol of the third day; these are the symbols of the sixth day. ‘He is born in the ordinance of Manu’ is the Ājya of the sixth day; as being by Parucchepa, in Atichandas metre, and of seven Padas, on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘Come to our strewn grass for enjoyment,’ ‘Let the chariot with the steeds bear you hither for aid,’ ‘We have pressed with the stones; O come ye’; ‘You pious men with praises, O Açvins,’ ‘Thou hast revealed the mighty, O Indra,’ ‘O strong Indra,’ ‘Be it so; let it be heard,’ ‘Hearken to us, O Agni; thou art praised,’ ‘The eleven gods in the sky,’ and ‘She gave the impetuous one, canceller of debts’ are the Praüga; as being by Parucchepa, in Atichandas metre, and of seven Padas, on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘He first of the great’ is the beginning of the Marutvatīya; the great is the end; the sixth day is the end; on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra,’ ‘O Indra, come near,’ ‘Forward now Brahmaṇaspati,’ ‘Agni the leader,’ ‘Thou, O Soma, with inspiration,’ ‘They swell the waters,’ ‘No one the chariot of Sudās’ are the continuation, being the same as that of the third day; on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘The chariot which thou, O Indra, for the winning of the offering’ is the hymn; as being by Parucchepa, in Atichandas metre, and of seven Padas, on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘The strong with the strong in one dwelling’ is (the hymn); as having the same endings on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘O Indra with the Maruts here drink the Soma’ is the hymn; ‘With them let him drink, the destroyer of Vṛtra’ (he says); the destroyer is the end; the sixth day is the end; on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. It is in > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.11) - [Next: 5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.13) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.5.2.p13) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.5.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.24.p18) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.23.9.21) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra (ed. Rāmanārāyaṇa Vidyāratna, Calcutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.asvalayana*vidyaratna.0-108.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.12) · Pramāṇa