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Aitareyabrahmana 8.22

Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8.22

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8.22

etena ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇodamaya Ātreyo 'ṅgam abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād v Āṅgaḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ
jayan parīyāyāśvena ca medhyeneje
sa hovācālopāṅgo:
daśa nāgasahasrāṇi daśa dāsīsahasrāṇi dadāmi te brāhmaṇopa
māsmin yajñe hvayasveti
tad apy ete ślokā abhigītāḥ \
yābhir gobhir Udamayam Praiyamedhā ayājayan \
dve-dve sahasre badvānām Ātreyo madhyato 'dadāt \\
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi śvetān Vairocano hayān \
praṣṭīn niścṛtya prāyachad yajamāne purohite \\
deśād-deśāt samoḷhānāṃ sarvāsām āḍhyaduhitṛṇām \
daśādadāt sahasrāṇy Ātreyo niṣkakaṇṭhyaḥ \\
daśa nāgasahasrāṇi dattvātreyo 'vacatnuke \
śrāntaḥ pārikuṭān praipsad dānenāṅgasya brāhmaṇaḥ \\
śataṃ tubhyaṃ śataṃ tubhyam iti smaiva pratāmyati \
sahāsraṃ tubhyam ity uktvā prāṇān sma pratipadyata
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viii. 22 (xxxix. 8). With this great anointing of Indra Udamaya Ātreya anointed Aṅga. Therefore Aṅga went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. He whose limbs were not defective said 'Ten thousands of elephants, ten thousands of female slaves, I offer to thee. O Brahman; invite me to the sacrifice.' Regarding this these verses are sung

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

'Of the cows for which Udamaya
The Praiyamedhas aided in his sacrificing
Two thousand of the myriads (day by day)
Ātreya gave at the middle (of the offering).
Eight and eighty thousand
White horses, Vairocana,
Side steeds, loosing them,
Gave when his Purohita was sacrificing.
Of those brought from each country,
All daughters of wealthy men,
Ten thousands he gave,
Ātreya, with necklaces on their necks.
Ten thousands of elephants,
Ātreya, having given at Avacatnuka,
Wearied, sought for attendants,
By reason of the gift of Aṅga, the Brahman.
"A hundred to you, a hundred to you,"
So saying he grew weary;
By saying "A thousand to you"
He got back his breath.'

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

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