Aitareyabrahmana 5.5

5.5

kuha śruta indraḥ kasminn adyeti sūktaṃ vaimadaṃ viriphitaṃ
viriphitasya ṛṣeś caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
yudhmasya te vṛṣabhasya svarāja iti sūktam,
ugraṃ gabhīraṃ januṣābhy ugram iti
jātavac caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
tad u traiṣṭubhaṃ.
tena pratiṣṭhitapadena savanaṃ dādhārāyatanād evaitena na pracyavate
tyam u vaḥ satrāsāham iti paryāso.
viśvāsu gīrṣv āyatam ity:
abhyāyāmyam ivaitad ahas, tena caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
tā u gāyatryo.
gāyatryo vā etasya tryahasya madhyaṃdinam vahanti.
tad vai tac chando vahati yasmin nivid dhīyate.
tasmād gāyatrīṣu nividaṃ dadhāti
viśvo devasya netus, tat savitur vareṇyam, ā viśvadevaṃ satpatim iti
vaiśvadevasya pratipadanucarau.
bārhate 'hani caturthe 'hani caturhasyāhno rūpam
ā devo yātu savitā suratna iti sāvitram.
eti caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpam
pra dyāvā yajñaiḥ pṛthivī namobhir iti dyāvāpṛthivīyam.
preti caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpam
pra ṛbhubyoo dūtam iva vācam iṣya ity ārbhavam.
preti ca vācam iṣya iti ca caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpam
pra śukraitu devī manīṣeti vaiśvadevam.
preti ca śukravac ca caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
tā u vichandasaḥ.
santi dvipadāḥ santi catuṣpadās, tena caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
vaiśvānarasya sumatau syāmety āgnimārutasya pratipad,
ito jāta iti jātavac caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
ka īṃ vyaktā naraḥ sanīḷā iti mārutaṃ,
nakir hy eṣāṃ janūṃṣi vedeti jātavac caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
tā u vichandasaḥ.
santi dvipadāḥ santi catuṣpadās, tena caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
jātavedase sunavāma somam iti jātavedasyācyutā/gniṃ
naro dīdhitibhir araṇyor iti jātavedasyaṃ,
hastacyutī janayanteti jātavac caturthe 'hani caturthasyāhno rūpaṃ
tā u vichandasaḥ.
santi virājaḥ santi triṣṭubhas, tena caturthasyāhno rūpam ahno rūpam

v. 5 (xxi. 5). 'Where is Indra famed, in what to-day?' is the hymn by Vimada, which is sounded; being of the seer who is sounded, on the fourth day it is a symbol of the fourth day. 'Of thee the roarer, the bull self-ruling' is the hymn; as containing (the word) 'born' on the fourth day in 'Dread, deep, by birth, to the dread' it is a symbol of the fourth day. It is a Triṣṭubh; with it with its feet supported he maintains the pressing; thereby it leaves not its place. 'Him of you ever enduring' is the conclusion. 'Secured in all speech' (he says); this day is to be secured as it were; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. They are Gāyatrī verses; the Gāyatrī verses 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. 'Let each man of the god that leadeth'; 'That desirable of Savitṛ', and 'God of all, lord of the good' are the strophe and antistrophe of the Vaiçvadeva; on the Bṛhat day, the fourth day, it is a symbol of the fourth day. 'Let the god, Savitṛ, with fair jewels come hither' is (the hymn) to Savitṛ; (the word) 'hither' on the fourth day is a symbol of the fourth day. 'Forward the sky and earth

with sacrifices, with homage’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth ; (the word) ‘forward’ on the fourth day is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Forward to the Ṛbhus like a messenger shall I speed my speech’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus ; (the words) ‘forward’ and ‘Shall I speed my speech’ are symbols of the fourth day. ‘Forward the pure, the divine, hymn’ is (the hymn) to the All-gods ; (the words) ‘forward’ and ‘pure’ on the fourth day are symbols of the fourth day. These are in varied metres, there are verses of two Padas, there are verses of four Padas; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Let us enjoy the loving kindness of Vaiçvānara’ is the beginning of the Āgnimāruta ; as containing (the word) ‘born’ in ‘Born hence’ on the fourth day it is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Who are these heroes revealed, of one home?’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts ; as containing (the word) ‘birth’ in ‘No man knoweth their place of birth’, on the fourth day it is a symbol of the fourth day. These are in varied metres; there are verses of two Padas, there are verses of four Padas; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day. ‘To Jātavedas let us pour the Soma’ is the normal (verse) to Jātavedas . ‘Agni men with devotion from the fire sticks’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas ; as containing (the word) ‘born’ in ‘By movements of the hands have made to be born’ on the fourth day it is a symbol of the fourth day. These are in different metres; there are Virāj verses, there are Triṣṭubh verses; thereby is there a symbol of the fourth day.