[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) › 6.13 # Aitareyabrahmana 6.13 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.13) athāha: yad ukthinyo 'nyā hotrā anukthā anyāḥ, katham asyaitā ukthinyaḥ sarvāḥ samāḥ samṛddhā bhavantīti yad evaināḥ sampragīrya hotrā ity ācakṣate, tena samā yad ukthinyo 'nyā hotrā anukthā anyās, teno viṣamā evam u hāsyaitā ukthinyaḥ sarvāḥ samāḥ samṛddhā bhavanty athāha: śaṃsanti prātaḥsavane śaṃsanti mādhyaṃdine hotrakāḥ, katham eṣāṃ tṛtīyasavane śastam bhavatīti yad eva mādhyaṃdine dve-dve sūkte śaṃsantīti brūyāt, tenety athāha: yad dvyuktho hotā, kathaṃ hotrakā dvyukthā bhavantīti yad eva dvidevatyabhir yajantīti brūyāt, teneti > vi. 13 (xxviii. 5). Further he says ‘Seeing that some of the Hotṛ's offices have litanies and others have no litanies, how are they all made by him to have litanies, and be equal and perfect?’ In that naming them together they call them Hotṛ's offices, thereby are they equal. In that some of the Hotṛ's offices have litanies and others not, thereby are they different. So they all become for him possessed of litanies, equal and perfect. Further > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > he says ‘The Hotrakas recite at the morning pressing and recite at the midday pressing; how do they recite at the third pressing?’ ‘In that at the midday they recite two hymns apiece’, he should reply, ‘for that reason.’ Further he says ‘Seeing that the Hotṛ has two litanies, how have the Hotrakas two litanies?’ ‘In that they use as offering verses (verses) addressed to two deities’, he should reply, ‘for that reason.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.12) - [Next: 6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.14) - [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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.6.13) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.32.p22) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.13) · Pramāṇa