Aitareyabrahmana 5.2.p8

5.2.p8

These are Gāyatrī verses; Gāyatrī verses support the midday (pressing) of this set of three days; that metre is a support in which a Nivid is inserted; therefore he inserts a Nivid in the Gāyatrī verses. 'That of Savitṛ we choose,' and 'To-day for us, O god Savitṛ' are the strophe and antistrophe of the Vaiçvadeva; on the Rathantara day, the fifth day, it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'Up the god Savitṛ of the home' is (the hymn) to Savitṛ ; in 'May he instigate much that is desirable to the generous one' the desirable is a symbol of cattle; on the fifth day it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'The great ones, sky and earth, here the oldest' is (the hymn) to sky and earth ; in 'Roaring, the bull' there is a symbol of cattle; on the fifth day it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'To us Ṛbhus, Vibhvan, Vāja, Indra' is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus ; cattle are Vāja (strength); as being a symbol of cattle on the fifth day it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'I praise the man, of good vows, with a new song' is (the hymn) to the All-gods ; as having an addition and being a symbol of cattle on the fifth day it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'The swelling oblation, unaging, in the finding of light' is the beginning of the Āgnimāruta ; as containing (the word) 'oblation' on the fifth day it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'Even to the wise let it be a wondrous thing' is (the hymn) to the Maruts ; as containing (the word) 'wonder' on the fifth day it is a symbol of the fifth day. 'To Jātavedas let us pour the Soma' is the normal (verse) to Jātavedas. 'Agni is the Hotṛ, the householder, the king' is (the hymn) to Jātavedas ; as containing an addition and being a symbol of cattle on the fifth day, it is a symbol of the fifth day.