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Speech as deity supports the fourth day, the Ekaviñça Stoma, the Vairāja Sāman, the Anuṣṭubh metre. With it according to the deity, the Stoma, the Sāman, the metre he prospers who knows thus. That which has 'hither' and 'forward' is a symbol of the fourth day, for the fourth day is the first day over again. That which contains (the word) 'yoke', (the word) 'chariot', (the word) 'swift', (the word) 'drink', (the fact) that the deity is mentioned in the first Pada, that this world is referred to, that which contains (the word) 'born', (the word) 'call', (the word) 'bright', that which is the symbol of speech, that which is by Vimada, that which is sounded, that which has various metres, that which is deficient, redundant, that which is connected with the Vairāja, that which is connected with the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > Anuṣṭubh, the future, that which is a symbol of the first day; these are the symbols of the fourth day. ‘With offerings for ourselves Agni’ is the Ājya of the fourth day; it is by Vimada and is sounded; being of the seer who is sounded, on the fourth day it is a symbol of the fourth day. It is of eight verses in Paṅkti; the sacrifice is fivefold, cattle are fivefold; (verily it serves) to win cattle. These are ten Jagatī verses; this set of three days has the Jagatī at the morning pressing; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. They are fifteen Anuṣṭubhs, for the day is connected with the Anuṣṭubh; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. They are twenty Gāyatrī verses, for this day is a repeated introduction; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. This hymn, unsung, unrecited, unexhausted, is the sacrifice made manifest. In that this is the Ājya of the fourth day, verily thus from the sacrifice they extend the sacrifice; verily thus they revert again to speech for continuity. With sets of three days, uninterrupted and continuous, they proceed who proceed knowing thus, ‘O Vāyu, for thee the pure hath been prepared’, ‘Enjoy the fresh offerings’, ‘O Vāyu, a hundred bay steeds’, ‘With Indra, O Vāyu, of these pressed draughts’, ‘O wise one, those of good insight’, ‘Hither to us with all aids’. ‘This for you I have sent forth’, ‘Away the wicked foe’, and ‘O best of mothers, O chief of streams’, are the Praüga in Anuṣṭubhs; (the words) ‘hither’, ‘forward’, and ‘pure’ on the fourth day are symbols of the fourth day. ‘Thee with the sacrifices we invoke’ is the beginning of the Marutvatīya; as regards ‘we invoke’, this day is to be secured as it were; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. ‘This Soma juice hath been pressed, O bright one’, ‘O Indra, come nearer’, ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’ ‘Agni the leader’ ‘Thou, O Soma, with inspiration’ ‘They swell the waters’, ‘Forward to Indra, the great’ are the continuation (of the Marutvatīya) being the same as that of the first day; on the fourth day this is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Hear our call, O Indra, harm us not’ is the hymn; as containing (the word) ‘call’ on the fourth day, it is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Indra with the Maruts, the bull, for joy’ is the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > hymn; as containing (the word) 'call' in 'Dread, giver of strength, let us call him' on the fourth day, it is a symbol of the fourth day. This is in Triṣṭubh. With this (hymn), with its feet supported, he maintains the pressing; verily thereby it leaves not its place. 'Him the cunning I call' is the conclusion; as containing (the word) call on the fourth day it is a symbol of the fourth day. These are Gāyatrī verses; the Gāyatrī support the midday (pressing) of this set of three days; that metre is a support in which a Nivid is inserted; therefore in the Gāyatrī verses he inserts a Nivid, 'Drink the Soma, O Indra, let it gladden thee' and 'Hear the call of the much drinking stone' are the Vairāja as Pṛṣṭha; on the Bṛhat day, the fourth day, it is a symbol of the fourth day. 'What he hath conquered' is the normal inserted verse. In 'Thee we invoke' he makes to follow the basis of the Bṛhat, for the day is connected with the Bṛhat in place. 'Thou, O Indra, in the conflicts' is the Pragātha of the Sāman; as containing (the word) 'born' in 'slaying imprecation, cause of birth' on the fourth day, it is a symbol of the fourth day. 'This steed, god-strengthened' is the normal Tārkṣya (hymn). > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.3) - [Next: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.5) - [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.5.1.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.5.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.22.p99) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra (ed. 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