[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) › 6.6 # Aitareyabrahmana 6.6 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.6) athāta ārambhaṇīyā eva ṛjunītī no varuṇa iti maitrāvaruṇasya, mitro nayatu vidvān iti. praṇetā vā eṣa hotrakāṇāṃ yan maitrāvaruṇas, tasmād eṣā praṇetṛmatī bhavatī/ndraṃ vo viśvatas parīti brāhmaṇācchaṃsino, havāmahe janebhya itīndram evaitayāhar-ahār nihvayante na haiṣāṃ vihave 'nya Indraṃ vṛṅkte yatraivaṃ vidvān brāhmaṇācchaṃsy etām, ahar-ahaḥ śaṃsati yat soma ā sute nara ity achāvākasyendrāgnī ajohavur itīndrāgnī evaitayāhar-ahar nihvayante. na haiṣāṃ vihave 'nya indrāgnī vṛṅkte yatraivaṃ vidvān achāvāka etām ahar-ahaḥ śaṃsati tā vā etāḥ svargasya lokasya nāvaḥ sampāriṇyaḥ, svargam evaitābhir lokam abhisaṃtaranti > vi. 6 (xxvii. 3). Next as to the commencing verses. ‘With true guidance for us, let Varuṇa’ is that of the Maitrāvaruṇa (containing) ‘Let Mitra lead us knowing’; the Maitrāvaruṇa is the leader of the Hotrakas; therefore this (verse) contains the word ‘leader’. ‘Indra for you on all sides’ is that of the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin, (containing) ‘We invoke for men’; verily with this (verse) day by day they invoke Indra. When they invoke in competition no other appropriates Indra, where a Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin knowing thus day by day recites this (verse). ‘What time, when the Soma was pressed, men’ is that of the Achāvāka; ‘invoked Indra and Agni’ (it continues); verily with this (verse) day by day they invoke Indra and Agni. When they invoke in competition no other appropriates Indra and Agni, where an Achāvāka knowing thus recites this (verse) day by day. They are ships which carry over to the world of heaven; verily with these (verses) they cross to the world of heaven. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.5) - [Next: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.7) - [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.6.2.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.6.6) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.31.p10) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.5.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.6) · Pramāṇa