Aitareyabrahmana 8.18
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8.18
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- Sanskrit
8.18
ni ṣasāda dhṛtavrato varuṇaḥ pastyāsv ā \
sāmrājyāya bhaujyāya svārājyāya vairājyāya pārameṣṭhyāya
rājyāya māhārājyāyādhipatyāya svāvaśyāyātiṣṭhāya sukratur iti.
tam etasyām āsandyām āsīnam evaṃvit purastāt tiṣṭhan pratyaṅmukha
audumbaryārdrayā śākhayā sapalāśayā jātarūpamayena ca
pavitreṇāntardhāyābhiṣiñcatimā āpaḥ śivatamā ity etena tṛcena,
devasya tveti ca yajuṣā, bhūr bhuvaḥ svar ity etābhiś ca vyāhṛtibhiḥ
‘Varuṇa within the waters
Hath sat him down, preserving order,
For overlordship, for paramount rule, for self rule, for sovereignty, for supreme authority, for kingship, for great kingship, for suzerainty, for supremacy, for pre-eminence, the wise one.’
Him when seated on the throne one who knows thus standing in front, facing west, anoints through a branch of Udumbara, dry but with leaves, and a golden strainer, to the accompaniment of the triplet ‘These waters are most auspicious’, the Yajus ‘(On the instigation) of the god thee’, and the exclamations _bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svar_.
Translations (2)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (3)
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Sukhapradā — Ṣaḍguruśiṣya, Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa — Mādhava alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit