Aitareyabrahmana 5.13

5.13

endra yāhy upa naḥ parāvata iti sūktam pārucchepam atichandāḥ
saptapadaṃ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam
pra ghā nv asya mabato mahānīti sūktaṃ
samānodarkaṃ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam
abhūr eko rayipate rayīṇām iti sūktaṃ,
ratham ā tiṣṭha tuvinṛmṇa bhīmam ity:
anto vai sthitam, antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣasṭhasyāhno rūpaṃ
tad u traiṣṭubhaṃ.
tena pratiṣṭhitapadena savanaṃ dādhārāyatanād evaitena na pracyāvata
upa no haribhiḥ sutam iti paryāsaḥ
samānodarkaḥ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpaṃ
tā u gāyatryo.
gāyātryo vā etasya tryahasya madhyaṃdinam vahanti.
tad vai tac chando vahati yasmin nivid dhīyate.
tasmād gāyatrīṣu nividaṃ dadhāty
abhi tyaṃ devaṃ savitāram oṇyor iti vaiśvadevasya pratipad
atichandāḥ ṣāṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpaṃ
tat savitur vareṇyaṃ, doṣo āgād ity anucaro.
'nto vai gatam, antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ ṣasṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam
ud u ṣya devaḥ savitā savāyeti sāvitraṃ,
śaśvattamaṃ tadapā vahnir asthād ity:
anto vai sthitam, antaḥ ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpaṃ
katarā pūrvā katarāparāyor iti dyāvāpṛthivīyaṃ
samānodarkaṃ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpaṃ
kim u śreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ yaviṣṭho na ājagann,
upa no vājā adhvaram ṛbhukṣā ity ārbhavaṃ nārāśaṃsaṃ
trivat ṣaṣṭhe 'hani ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam
idam itthā raudraṃ gūrtavacā,
ye yajñena dakṣiṇayā samaktā iti vaiśvadevam

v. 13 (xxii. 8). 'O Indra, come to us from afar' is the hymn; as being by Parucchepa, in the Atichandas metre, and of seven Padas, on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. 'The greatnesses of the great one' is the hymn; as having the same endings on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. 'Thou hast become the one lord of wealth' is the hymn; 'Stand on thy dread chariot, O thou of impetuous manhood' (he says); standing is the end; the sixth day is the end; on the sixth day it is a symbol of the end. It is in Triṣṭubh; with it with feet supported he maintains the pressing; thereby it departs not from its place. 'To our pressed drank with the steeds' is the conclusion; as having the same endings on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. These are Gāyatrī verses; Gāyatrī verses support the midday (pressing) of this set of three days; that metre is a support in which a Nivid is inserted; therefore he inserts a Nivid in the Gāyatrī verses. 'To the god Savitṛ in the bowls' is the beginning of the Vaiçvadeva; as being in the Atichandas metre, on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. 'That desirable of Savitṛ' (he says); 'The evening hath come' is the antistrophe; what has gone is the end; the sixth day is the end; on the sixth day it is a symbol of the

end. ‘Up the god Savitṛ for instigation’ is (the hymn) to Savitṛ; ‘Forever he hath stood, the bearer intent on his work’ (he says); standing is the end; the sixth day is the end; on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘Which is the first, which is the latter of these two?’ is (a hymn) to sky and earth; as having the same endings on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘Why hath the best, why hath the youngest come to us?’ and ‘To our sacrifice, O Vājas, O Ṛbhukṣans’ are (a hymn) to the Ṛbhus and one connected with Narāçaṅsa; as having (the word) ‘three’ on the sixth day it is a symbol of the sixth day. ‘This dread thing he of glad speech’ and ‘Those who through the sacrifice are endowed with the fee’ are the Vaiçvadeva.