Aitareyabrahmana 3.40
English (machine translation) 3.40
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3.40
The dīkṣaṇīyā offering is performed.
Whatever offerings there are, they all enter the agniṣṭoma sacrifice following it. He invokes
the iḷā; cooked sacrifices have the form of the iḷā.
Whatever cooked sacrifices there are, they all enter the agniṣṭoma sacrifice following the iḷā.
In the evening and morning they offer the agnihotra; in the evening and morning they distribute the fast-milk.
With the svāhā-call they offer the agnihotra; with the svāhā-call they distribute the fast-milk.
Following the svāhā-call, the agnihotra enters the agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
He recites fifteen kindling verses at the prāyaṇīya rite, fifteen at the New- and Full-Moon sacrifices;
following the prāyaṇīya rite, the New- and Full-Moon sacrifices enter the agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
They purchase King Soma;
King Soma is an herb; with herbs they heal whomever they heal.
Whatever medicines there are, they all enter
the agniṣṭoma sacrifice following King Soma as he is being purchased.
They churn fire at the ātithya rite; fire at the seasonal sacrifices;
following the ātithya rite, the seasonal sacrifices enter the agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
With milk they perform the pravargya; with milk the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice;
following the pravargya, the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice enters the agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
There is an animal victim on the upavasatha day;
whatever animal sacrifices there are, they all enter the agniṣṭoma sacrifice following it. There is a sacrificial rite
named Iḷādada; they perform it with curds, and with curds the dadhigharma;
following the dadhigharma, the Iḷādada enters the agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
Translations (1)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
Commentaries (1)
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit