[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) › 7.7 # Aitareyabrahmana 7.7 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.7) tād āhur: yasyāgnayo grāmyeṇāgninā saṃdahyeran, kā tatra prāyaścittir iti. so 'gnaye saṃvargāyāṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet. tasya yājyānuvākye: kuvit su no gaviṣṭaye, mā no asmin mahādhana ity. āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād. agnaye saṃvargāya svāheti. sā tatra prāyaścittis tad āhur: yasyāgnayo divyenāgninā saṃsṛjyeran, kā tatra prāyaścittir iti. so 'gnaye 'psumate 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet. tasya yājyānuvākye: apsv agne sadhiṣ ṭava, mayo dadhe medhiraḥ pūtadakṣa ity. āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād: agnaye 'psumate svāheti. sā tatra prāyaścittis tad āhur: yasyāgnayaḥ śavāgninā saṃsṛjyeran, kā tatra prāyaścittir iti. so 'gnaye śucaye 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet. tasya yājyānuvākye: agniḥ śucivratatama, ud agne śucayas tavety. ahutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād: agnaye śucaye svāheti. sā tatra prāyaścittis tad āhur: yasyāgnaya āraṇyenāgninā saṃdahyeran, kā tatra prāyaścittir iti. sam evāropayed araṇī volmukaṃ vā mokṣayed yady āhavanīyād yadi gārhapatyād. yadi na śaknuyāt, so 'gnaye saṃvargāyāṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet. tasyokte yājyānuvākye. āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād: agnaye saṃvargāya svāheti. sā tatra prāyaścittiḥ > vii. 7. (xxxii. 6). They say 'If a man's fires are involved in a village fire, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the spoiler; the invitatory and offering verses are 'In our cattle fray' and 'Do not as in the great contest.' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the spoiler, hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's fires be united with a divine conflagration, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) > to Agni as in the waters; its invitatory and offering verses are 'In the waters, O Agni, is thy seat' and 'The clever, of pure insight hath wrought a wondrous deed.' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni as in the waters hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's fires are united with the fire which burns a corpse, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the pure; its invitatory and offering verses are 'Agni of purest vows' and 'Up, O Agni, thy pure (rays).' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the pure, hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's fires are involved in a forest fire, what is the expiation here?' He should mount (the fires) on the two fire sticks or take out a fire brand from the Āhavanīya or from the Gārhapatya; if he cannot so do, he should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the spoiler; its invitatory and offering verses have been given. Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the spoiler, hail!' That is the expiation here. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.6) - [Next: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.8) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.7.2.p10) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.7.7) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.36.p29) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.7) · Pramāṇa