[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Aitareyabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) › 6.10 # Aitareyabrahmana 6.10 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.10) athāha: yad aindro vai yajño, 'tha kasmād dvād eva prātaḥsavane prasthitānām pratyakṣād aindrībhyāṃ yajato hotā caiva brāhmaṇāccḥaṃsi ce,daṃ te somyam madhv iti hotā yajatī,ndra tvā vṛṣabhaṃ vayaṃ iti brāhmaṇācchaṃsī, nānāde atyābhir itare: kathaṃ teṣām aindryo bhavantīti mitraṃ vayaṃ havāmaha iti maitrāvaruṇo yajati, varuṇaṃ somapītaya iti. yad vai kiṃca pītavat padaṃ tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇāti maruto yasya hi kṣaya iti potā yajati, sa sugopātamo jana itīndro vai gopās, tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇāty agne patnīr ihā vaheti neṣṭā yajati, tvaṣṭāraṃ somapītaya itīndro vai Tvaṣṭā, tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇāty ukṣānnāya vaśānnāyety āgnīdhro yājati, somapṛṣṭhāya vedhasa itīndro vai vedhas, tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇati prātaryāvabhir ā gataṃ devebhir jenyāvasū \ indrāgnī somapītaya iti svayaṃsamṛddhāchāvākāsyai/vam u haitā aindryo bhavanti yan nānādevatyās, tenānyā devatāḥ prīṇāti yad u gāyatryas, tenāgneyya etad u haitābhis trayam upāpnoti > vi. 10 (xxviii. 2). Further he says ‘Seeing that the sacrifice is for Indra, then why do two only at the morning pressing use as offering verses for the Prasthita (libations) verses manifestly addressed to Indra, namely the Hotṛ and the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin: ‘This Soma drink for thee’ is the offering verse of the Hotṛ, ‘O Indra, thee as a bull we’ is that of the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin. The others use (verses) to various deities; how are their verses connected with Indra?’ The Maitrāvaruṇa uses as offering verse ‘Mitra we hail’; ‘Varuṇa for the Soma drinking’ (he says); whatever Pada contains (the word) ‘drink’ is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. The Potṛ uses as offering verse ‘O Maruts, in whose dwelling’; ‘He is best protected of men’ (he says); the protector is Indra; this is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. ‘O Agni, bring hither the wives’ the Neṣṭṛ uses as offering verse; ‘Tvaṣṭṛ to the Soma drinking’ (he says); Tvaṣṭṛ is Indra; this is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. ‘To him whose food is the ox, whose food the cow’ the Agnīdh uses as offering verse; ‘Soma-backed, the creator’ (he says); the creator is Indra; this is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > ‘Come hither with those that move at dawn, > The gods, ye that have excellent wealth, > Indra and Agni, to the Soma drinking’; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > is the offering verse of the Achāvāka, being in itself perfect. So are these verses to Indra; in that they are addressed to various deities, thereby he delights the other deities. In that they are in Gāyatrī, thereby they are connected with Agni; these three with them he obtains. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.9) - [Next: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.11) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.6.3.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.6.10) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.32.p6) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.3.29) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.10) · Pramāṇa