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It is in Triṣṭubh; with it with feet supported he maintains the pressing; thereby it departs not from its place. ‘Towards the ram, much invoked, worthy of praise’ is the hymn; ‘towards’ is equivalent to ‘forward’; on the seventh day it is a symbol of the seventh day. It is in Jagatī; Jagatī verses support the midday (pressing) of the set of three days; that metre is a support in which a Nivid is inserted; therefore he inserts a Nivid in the Jagatī verses. Pairing hymns are recited in Triṣṭubh and in Jagatī; cattle are a pairing, the Chandomas cattle; (they serve) to win cattle. ‘That of Savitṛ we choose,’ and ‘To-day, for us, O god Savitṛ’ are the strophe and antistrophe of the Vaiçvadeva; on the Rathantara day, the seventh day, it is a symbol of the seventh day. ‘Towards thee, O god Savitṛ’ is (the triplet) to Savitṛ. ‘Towards’ is equivalent to ‘forward’; on the seventh day it is a symbol of the seventh day. ‘Let them come forward with weal for the sacrifice’ is (the triplet) to sky and earth; ‘forward’ on the seventh day is a symbol of the seventh day. ‘This to the race divine’ is (the triplet) to the Ṛbhus; as containing (the word) ‘born’ on the seventh day it is a symbol of the seventh day. He recites (the verses) of two Padas, ‘Come hither with thy beauty’; man has two feet, cattle four feet; the Chandomas are cattle; (verily they serve) to win cattle; in that he recites (verses) of two Padas, verily thus he makes the sacrificer with two feet find support in four-footed cattle. ‘Hither to our service, the songs, O Agni’ is the (hymn) to the All-gods; ‘hither’ on the seventh day is a symbol of the seventh day. These are Gāyatrī verses; this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the third pressing. ‘Vaiçvānara hath produced’ is the beginning of the Āgnimāruta; as having (the word) ‘born’ on the seventh day it is a symbol of the seventh day. ‘Forward to you, the Triṣṭubh, food’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; ‘forward’ on the seventh day is a symbol of the seventh day. ‘To Jātavedas let us pour the Soma’ is the normal (verse) to Jātavedas. ‘Your envoy, with all knowledge’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas; as not having the deity mentioned on the seventh day it is a symbol of the seventh day. These are Gāyatrī verses; this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the third pressing. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.16) - [Next: 5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.18) - [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.5.3.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.5.17) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.25.p12) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.11.2.2.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.17) · Pramāṇa