Aitareyabrahmana 3.3.p8

Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) 3.3.p8

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3.3.p8

iii. 29 (xiii. 5). The gods said to the Ādityas ‘With you let us support this pressing.’ ‘Be it so’ (they replied). Therefore the third pressing begins with the Ādityas; the cup for the Ādityas is before it. He uses (a verse) containing (the word) ‘be drunk’ and so perfect in form, as offering verse, ‘Let the Ādityas and Aditi be drunk’; that which contains (the word) ‘be drunk’ is a characteristic of the third pressing. He does not say the second

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Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit