Aitareyabrahmana 6.7

6.7

athātaḥ paridhānīyā eva
te syāma deva varuṇeti maitrāvaruṇasyeṣaṃ svaś ca dhīmahīty.
ayaṃ vai loka iṣam ity asau lokaḥ svar ity,
ubhāv evaitayā lokāv ārabhante
vy antarikṣam atirad iti brāhmanācchaṃsino,
vivattṛcaṃ svargam evaibhya etāya lokaṃ vivṛṇoti
made somasya rocanā \ indro yad abhinad valam iti
siṣāsavo vā ete yad dīkṣitās, tasmād eṣā valavatī bhavaty
ud gā ājad aṅgirobhya āvisḥ kṛṇvan guhā satīḥ \
arvāñcaṃ nunude valam iti, sanim evaibhya etayāvarunddha
indreṇa rocanā diva iti, svargo vai loka indreṇa rocanā divo
dṛḷhāni dṛṃhitāni ca \ sthirāṇi na parāṇuda iti
svarga evaitayā loke 'harahaḥ pratitiṣṭhanto yanty
āhaṃ sarasvatīvator ity achāvākasya.
vāg vai Sarasvatī, vāgvator iti haitad āhendrāgnyor avo vṛṇa ity.
etad dha vā Indrāgnyoḥ priyaṃ dhāma yad vāg iti,
priyeṇaivainau tad dhāmnā samardhayati
priyeṇa dhāmnā samṛdhyate ya evaṃ veda

vi. 7 (xxvii. 4). Next as to the concluding verses. ‘May we be thine, O god Varuṇa’ is that of the Maitrāvaruṇa; ‘Sap and light may we obtain’ (it ends); ‘sap’ is this world; ‘light’ is yonder world; verily with this (verse) they lay hold of both worlds. ‘He hath traversed the atmosphere’ is that of the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin, a triplet, containing the word ‘apart’; verily with these he puts apart the world of heaven for them. ‘In the joy of the Soma the worlds, when Indra broke Vala’ (he says); the consecrated ones are eager to win; therefore this (verse) contains the word ‘hole’ (*vala*).

‘He drove out the cows for the Aṅgirases,
Revealing them that were in secret,
Headlong he hurled Vala;’

verily with this (verse) he wins booty. ‘By Indra the spaces of the

sky' (he says); the spaces of the sky are the world of heaven; by Indra (they) 'Are made firm and established The firm are not to be moved away'; verily with this (verse) day by day they continue to find support in the world of heaven. 'I seek of those with Sarasvatī' is that of the Achāvāka; Sarasvatī is speech; verily thus he says 'of those with speech'; 'Of Indra and Agni the aid' (he says); speech is the dear abode of Indra and Agni; verily thus he unites these two with their dear abode. With a dear abode does he prosper who knows thus.