Aitareyabrahmana 8.21
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8.21
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8.21
etena ha vā aindrena mahābhiṣekeṇa Turaḥ Kāvaṣeyo Janamejayam
Pārikṣitam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Janamejayaḥ Pārikṣitaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīn
jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneje
tad eṣābhi yajñagāthā gīyate \
Āsandīvati dhānyādaṃ rukmiṇaṃ haritasrajam \
aśvam bahandha sāraṅgaṃ devebhyo Janamejaya ity
etena ha vā anidreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa Cyavano
Bhārgavaḥ Śāryātam Mānavam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Śāryāto Mānavaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ
jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneje,
devānāṃ hāpi satre gṛhapatir āsai/tena
ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa Somaśuṣmā Vājaratnāyanaḥ
Śatānīkaṃ Sātrājitam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Śatanīkaḥ Sātrājitaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ
pṛthivīṃ jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneja
etena ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa
Parvatanāradāv Āmbāṣṭhyam abhiṣiṣicatus .
tasmād v Āmbāṣṭhyaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ
jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneja
etena ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa Parvatanāradau Yudhāṃśrauṣṭim
arṅgrasainyam abhiṣiṣicatus.
tasmād u Yudhāṃśrauṣṭir Augrasainyaḥ samantaṃ
sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneja
etena ha vā aindreṇā mahābhiṣekeṇā Kaśyapo
Viśvakarmāṇam Bhauvanam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Viśvakarmā Bhauvanaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ
jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneje
bhūmir ha jagāv, ity udāharanti
na mā martyaḥ kaś cana dātum arhati
Viśvakarman Bhauvana māṃ didāsitha \
nimaṅkṣye 'haṃ salilasya madhye
moghas ta eṣa Kaśyapāyāsa saṃgara
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etena ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa Vasiṣṭhah
Sudāsam Paijavanam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Sudāḥ Paijavanaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ
jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneja
etena ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa Saṃvarta
Āṅgiraso Maruttam avikṣitam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Marotta Āvikṣitaḥ samantaṃ
sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneje
tad apy eṣa śloko 'bhigīto
Marutaḥ pariveṣṭāro Maruttasyāvasan gṛhe \
Āvikṣitasya Kāmaprer viśve devāḥ sabhāsada
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viii. 21 (xxxix. 7). With this great anointing of Indra Tura Kāvaṣeya anointed Janamejaya Pārikṣita. Therefore Janamejaya Pārikṣita went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. Regarding this a sacrificial verse is sung
‘At Āsandīvant a horse, grass eating,
Adorned with gold and a yellow garland,
Of dappled hue, was bound
By Janamejaya for the gods.’
With this great anointing of Indra Cyavana Bhārgava anointed Çāryāta Mānava. Therefore Çāryāta Mānava went around the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice; at the sacrificial session of the gods he was the householder. With the great anointing of Indra Somaçuṣman Vājaratnāyana anointed Çatānīka Sātrājita. Therefore Çatānīka Sātrājita went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. With the great anointing of Indra Parvata and Nārada anointed Āmbāṣṭhya. Therefore Āmbāṣṭhya went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. With this great anointing of Indra Parvata and Nārada anointed Yudhāṃçrauṣṭi Augrasainya. Therefore Yudhāṃçrauṣṭi Augrasainya went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. With this great anointing of Indra Kaçyapa anointed Viçvakarman Bhauvana. Therefore Viçvakarman Bhauvana went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. The earth sang, they tell
‘No man whatsoever ought to give me,
O Viçvakarman Bhauvana, thou hast been fain to give me;
I shall plunge into the middle of the water;
Vain was this thy compact with Kaçyapa.’
With this great anointing of Indra Vasiṣṭha anointed Sudās Paijavana. Therefore Sudās Paijavana went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. With this great anointing of Indra Saṁvarta Āṅgirasa anointed Marutta Āvikṣita. Therefore Marutta Āvikṣita went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. Regarding this, this verse is sung
'The Maruts as attendants Dwelt in the house of Marutta; Of Āvikṣita Kamapri The All-gods were the assessors.'
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
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