[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) › 6.7 # Aitareyabrahmana 6.7 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.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\*). > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > ‘He drove out the cows for the Aṅgirases, > Revealing them that were in secret, > Headlong he hurled Vala;’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > verily with this (verse) he wins booty. ‘By Indra the spaces of the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > 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. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.6) - [Next: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.8) - [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.p7) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.6.7) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.31.p13) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Śaunakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*saunaka.20.39.4) — Sanskrit - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.5.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.7) · Pramāṇa