Aitareyabrahmana 8.19
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8.19
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- Sanskrit
8.19
prācyāṃ tvā diśi Vasavo devāḥ ṣaḍbhiś caiva pañcaviṃśair ahobhir
abhiṣiñcantv etena ca tṛcenaitena ca
yajuṣaitābhiś ca vyāhṛtibhiḥ sāmrājyāya.
dakṣiṇasyāṃ tvā diśi Rudrā devāḥ ṣaḍbhiś caiva pañcaviṃśair
ahobhir abhiṣiñcantv etena ca tṛcenaitena ca yajuṣaitābhiś
ca vyāhṛtibhir bhaujyāya.
pratīcyāṃ tvā diśy Ādityā devāḥ ṣaḍbhiś caiva pañcaviṃśair ahobhir
abhiṣiñcantv etena ca tṛcenaitena ca yajuṣaitābhiś ca vyāhṛtibhiḥ
svārājyāyo,dīcyāṃ tvā diśi Viśve devāḥ ṣaḍbhiś
caiva pañcavinśair ahobhir abhiṣiñcantv etena ca tṛcenaitenā ca
yajuṣaitābhiś cā vyāhṛtibhir vairājyāyo,rdhvāyāṃ tvā diśi Marutaś
cāṅgirāsaś ca devāḥ ṣaḍbhiś caiva pañcaviṃśair ahobhir abhiṣiñcantv
etena ca tṛcenaitena ca yajuṣaitābhiś ca vyāhbṛtibhiḥ pārameṣṭhyāyā,syāṃ
tvā dhruvāyāṃ madhyamāyām pratiṣṭhāyāṃ diśi Sādhyāś cāptyāś ca
devāḥ ṣaḍbhiś caiva pañcaviṃśair ahobhir abhiṣiñcantv etena
ca tṛcenaitena ca yajuṣaitābhiś ca
vyāhṛtibhī rājyāya māhārājyādhipatyāya svāvaśyāyādhiṣṭhāyeti.
sa parameṣṭhī prājāpatyo bhavati
sa etenaindrena mahābhiṣekeṇābhiṣiktaḥ kṣatriyaḥ sarvā jitīr jayati,
sarvāṃl lokān vindati,
sarveṣāṃ rājñāṃ śraiṣṭhyam atiṣṭhām paramatāṃ gachati,
sāmrājyam bhaujyaṃ svārājyam pārameṣṭhyaṃ
rājyam māhārājyam ādhipatyaṃ jitvāsmim̐l loke svayambhūḥ svarāḷ amṛto,
'muṣmin svarge loke sarvān kāmān āptvāmṛtaḥ sambhavati
yam etenanidrena mahābhiṣekeṇa kṣatriyaṃ śāpayitvā bhiṣiñcati
‘In the eastern quarter let the Vasus, the gods, anoint thee with six days with the Pañcaviṅça, and with this triplet and this Yajus and these exclamations, for overlordship.
In the southern quarter let the Rudras, the gods, anoint thee with six days with the Pañcaviṅça, and with this triplet and this Yajus and these exclamations, for paramount rule.
In the western quarter let the Ādityas, the gods, anoint thee with six days with the Pañcaviṅça, and with this triplet and this Yajus and these exclamations, for self rule.
In the northern quarter let the All-gods anoint thee with six days with the Pañcaviṅça, and with this trip nd this Yajus and these exclamations, for sovereignty.
In the upright quarter let the Maruts and Aṅgirases, the gods, anoint thee with six days with the Pañcaviṅça, an d with this triplet and this Yajus and these exclamations, for supreme authority.
In this firm middle established quarter let the Sādhya and the Āptya gods anoint thee with six days with the Pañcaviṅça, and with this triplet and this Yajus and these exclamations, for kingship, for great kingship, for suzerainty, for supremacy, and for pre-eminence.’
He becomes the supreme authority, as connected with Prajāpati. The Kṣatriya anointed with this great anointing of Indra wins all victories, finds all worlds, attains the superiority, pre-eminence, and supremacy over all kings, and having won overlordship, paramount rule, self rule, supreme authority, kingship, great kingship and suzerainty in the world, self-existing, self-ruling, immortal, in yonder world of heaven having obtained all desires he becomes immortal, whom as a Kṣatriya he anoints with this great anointing of Indra, after adjuring him.
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 (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
- Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit