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Aitareyabrahmana 8.15: adhyāya 39, khaṇḍaḥ 1-9

Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8.15

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8.15

sa ya iched evaṃvit kṣatriyam:
āyaṃ sarvā jitīr jayetāyaṃ sarvām̐l lokān vindetāyaṃ sarveṣāṃ rājñāṃ
śraiṣṭhyam atiṣṭhām paramatāṃ gacheta sāmrājyam bhaujyaṃ svārājyaṃ
vairājyam pārameṣṭhyaṃ rājyam māhārājyam ādhipatyam,
ayaṃ samantaparyāyī syāt sārvabhaumaḥ sārvāyuṣa,
āntād ā pararārdhāt pṛthivyai samudraparyantāyā ekarāḷ iti:
taṃ etenaindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa kṣatriyaṃ śāpayitvā 'bhiṣiñced
yāṃ ca rātrīm ajāyathā yāṃ ca pretāsi, tad ubhayam antareṇeṣṭāpūrtaṃ
te lokaṃ sukṛtam āyuḥ prajāṃ vṛñjīya yadi me druhyer iti
sa ya iched evaṃvit kṣatriyo:
'haṃ sarvā jitīr jayeyam, ahaṃ sarvāṃl lokān vindeyam,
ahaṃ sarveṣāṃ rājñāṃ śraiṣṭhyam atiṣṭhām paramatāṃ
gacheyaṃ sāmrājyam bhaujyaṃ svārājyam vairājyam pārameṣṭhyaṃ
rājyam māhārājyam ādhipatyam,
ahaṃ samantaparyāyī syāṃ sārvabhaumaḥ sārvāyuṣa,
āntād ā parārdhat pṛthivyai samudraparyantāyā ekarāḷ iti:
sa na vicikitset, sa brūyat saha śraddhayā:
yāṃ ca rātrīm ajāye 'haṃ yāṃ ca pretāsmi,
tad ubhayam antareṇeṣṭāpūrtam me lokaṃ sukṛtam āyuḥ prajāṃ
vṛñjīthā yadi te druhyeyam iti

viii. 15 (xxxix. 1). If he who knows thus should desire of a Kṣatriya ‘May he win all victories, find all the worlds, attain the superiority, pre-eminence and supremacy over all kings, and overlordship, paramount rule, self rule, sovereignty, supreme authority, kingship, great kingship, and suzerainty; may he be all encompassing, possessed of all the earth, possessed of all life, from the one end up to the further side of the earth bounded by the ocean, sole ruler’, he should anoint him with this great anointing of Indra, after adjuring him

Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

'From the night of thy birth to that of thy death, for the space between these two, thy sacrifice and thy gifts, thy place, thy good deeds, thy life, and thine offspring let me take, if thou dost play me false.'

Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

If a Kṣatriya who knows thus desire 'May I win all victories, find all worlds, attain the superiority, pre-eminence, and supremacy over all kings and overlordship, paramount rule, self rule, sovereignty, supreme authority, kingship, great kingship and suzerainty; may I be all encompassing, possessed of all the earth, possessed of all life, from the one end up to the further side of the earth bounded by the ocean sole ruler', he should not doubt, but say with faith

Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

'From the night of my birth to that of my death, for the space between these two, my sacrifice and my gifts, my place, my good deeds, my life, and mine offspring mayest thou take, if I play thee false.'

Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

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