Aitareyabrahmana 4.32
English (machine translation) 4.32
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4.32
"Which is your lowest aid, which is your highest" is the hymn;
"Smite their virile powers, turn them away" contains "bull/virile", on the second day, the characteristic of the second day.
"Everyone [wishes] the leadership of the god", "That choice [splendour] of Savitṛ",
"Unto the all-divine true protector" are the introductory and sequel verses of the vaiśvadeva [śastra];
pertaining to the bṛhat, on the second day, [this is] the characteristic of the second day.
"Upwards that divine Savitṛ, with golden [arms]" is the hymn to Savitṛ,
containing "upward", on the second day, the characteristic of the second day.
"These two indeed, Heaven and Earth, all-beneficent" is the hymn to Heaven and Earth;
"Noble-born receptacles, between [the two] he moves"
contains "between", on the second day, the characteristic of the second day.
"They fashioned the chariot, rolling easily, skilled in their work" is the hymn to the Ṛbhus;
"They fashioned the two bays that carry Indra, bountiful bulls"
contains "bull", on the second day, the characteristic of the second day.
"Of the sacrifice your charioteer, the lord of the clans" is the vaiśvadeva hymn;
"The bull, the banner worthy of sacrifice, slept across the sky"
contains "bull", on the second day, the characteristic of the second day.
And that is the hymn of Śaryāta.
The Aṅgirases sat for a sacrificial session to gain the heavenly world;
they, whenever they came to the second day, became confused.
To them Śaryāta Mānava recited this hymn on the second day;
then indeed they discerned the sacrifice, they discerned the heavenly world.
Therefore, in that he recites this hymn on the second day,
[it is] for the discernment of the sacrifice, for the perceiving of the heavenly world.
"Of the strong, bull, ruddy one, now the might" is the introductory verse of the āgnimāruta [śastra];
containing "bull", on the second day, [it is] the characteristic of the second day.
"To the bull-like host, bountiful, wise" is the hymn to the Maruts;
containing "bull", on the second day, the characteristic of the second day.
"To Jātavedas let us press the Soma" is the unchangeable verse to Jātavedas.
"Strengthen Jātavedas with sacrifice" is the hymn to Jātavedas;
containing "increasing", on the second day, [it is] the characteristic of the day, the characteristic of the day.
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