[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Aitareyabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) › 8.3 # Aitareyabrahmana 8.3 Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8.3) tam u ṣṭuhi yo abhibhūtyojā iti sūktam abhivad abhibhūtyai rūpam aṣāḷham ugraṃ sahamānam ābhir ity ugravat sahamānavat, tat kṣatrasya rūpaṃ tat pañcadaśarcam bhavaty. ojo vā indriyaṃ vīryam pañcadaśa, ojaḥ kṣatraṃ vīryam rājanyas, tad enam ojasā kṣatreṇa vīryeṇa samardhayati tad bhāradvājam bhavati. bhāradvājaṃ vai bṛhad, ārṣeyeṇa salomai/ṣa ha vāva kṣatriyayajñaḥ samṛddho, yo bṛhatpṛṣṭhas. tasmād yatra kvaca kṣatriyo yajeta, bṛhad eva tatra pṛṣṭhaṃ syāt. tat samṛddham > viii. 3 (xxxvi. 3). ‘Praise him who hath force to overcome’ is the hymn; as containing (the word) ‘to’ it is a symbol of overcoming. In ‘Unsupportable, dread, enduring’ it contains (the words) ‘dread’ and ‘enduring’; it is a symbol of the lordly power. It is in fifteen verses; the Pañcadaça (Stoma) is might, power, and strength; the Rājanya is might, the lordly power, and strength; thus he makes him prosper with might, the lordly power, and strength. It is by Bharadvāja; the Bṛhat is by Bharadvāja; by reason of the authorship it is similar. That sacrifice of a Kṣatriya is perfect which has the Bṛhat for its Pṛṣṭha; therefore whenever a Kṣatriya sacrifices, the Bṛhat should be the Pṛṣṭha; that is perfect. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8.2) - [Next: 8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8.4) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-keith.8.1.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya~en-mt.8.3) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sayana.40.p17) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Sukhapradā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!sadgurusisya) — Ṣaḍguruśiṣya, Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya!madhava-alias-sayanacarya) — Mādhava alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.926) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.shukla-1960.v2.c75.s1.71) — D. N. Shukla, English - [State and Government in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1949.c9.s1.8) — A. S. Altekar, English - [Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.rgvedabhasyabhumika.34.4) — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8.3) · Pramāṇa