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The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.2) tasya tāny eva chando rūpāṇi yāni tṛtīyasya ahnaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Its metrical forms are the very ones that belong to the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.3) tvam agne vasūṃr iha ity ājyam / > "Thou, O Agni, \[bring\] the Vasus here" is the Ājya recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.4) svayam sambhṛtam vā etac chando yad ahno rūpeṇa sampadyate / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > This metre is indeed self-collected, which is accomplished in the form of the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.5) tān rohid aśva girvaṇas trayas triṃśatam ā vaha iti / > "Bring hither the thirty-three \[gods\], O thou with bay horses, eager for praise!" \[it says\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.6) tat tṛtīyasya ahno rūpam / > That is the form of the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.7) auṣṇiho vaiśvamanasa praugaḥ / > The Praüga recitation is in the Uṣṇih metre, composed by Viśvamanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.8) rathantaram vai sāma sṛjyamānam auṣṇiho vaiśvamanasaḥ praugo anvasṛjyata / > When the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Viśvamanas Praüga recitation in the Uṣṇih metre was created after it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.9) tad rūpeṇa karma samardhayati / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Thereby one makes the rite successful through \[its appropriate\] form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.10) etad vā ārdhnukam karma yad rūpa samṛddham / > For that rite is prosperous which is complete in form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.11) taṃtam id rādhase maha iti marutvatīyasya pratipat / > "To each and every one for great gift" is the introductory verse for the Marutvatīya recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.12) taṃtam iti ninartiḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "To each and every" is a dancing phrase. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.13) antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ / > The third day is an end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.14) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / > Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.15) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > Whither indeed would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.18) praitu brahmaṇaspatir iti pravān brāhmaṇaspatyaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "May Brahmaṇaspati go forth" contains the word 'forth' (pra) and is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.17) traya iti tat tṛtīyasya ahno rūpam / > 'Three'—that is the form of the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.18_2) praitu brahmaṇaspatir iti pravān brāhmaṇaspatyaḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "May Brahmaṇaspati go forth" contains the word 'forth' (pra) and is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.19) pra devy etu sūnṛtā iti ninartiḥ / > "May the goddess of truthfulness go forth" is a dancing phrase. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.20) antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ / > The third day is an end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.21) nīva vā antam gatvā nṛtyati / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Having reached the end, one, as it were, dances down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.22) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > Whither indeed would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.23) tisro marutvatīyānām pratipadas trayo anucarās trayo brāhmaṇaspatyāḥ / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Three are the introductory verses of the Marutvatīya recitations, three the following verses, three the verses to Brahmaṇaspati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xx. 4. They perform the Āyus as the third day; the symbols in its verses are those of the third day. ‘Thou, O Agni, the Vasus here’ is the Ājya; self collected is that metre which accords with the symbol of the day; there is (the word) ‘thou’ in ‘O thou of the ruddy steeds, singer, bring hither the three and thirty’; that is the symbol of the third day. The Praüga is in Uṣṇih verses by Viçvamanas; when the Rathantara Sāman was created, the Praüga in Uṣṇih by Viçvamanas was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Him for great gain’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; at ‘him’ there is a repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’ is the antistrophe. This is the symbol of the third day. ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward’, containing (the word) ‘forward’, is addressed to Brahmaṇaspati; there is repetition in ‘Forward let the kindly goddess move’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? There are three strophes of the Marutvatīyas, three antistrophes, three (Pragāthas) for Brahmaṇaspati; > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.24) trayo vā ime lokāḥ / > These worlds indeed are three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > these worlds are three; verily thus they obtain these worlds. ‘Stand on the bays being yoked to the car’ is (the hymn ) containing (the word) ‘stand’; it is the symbol of the end; the third day is the end; having gone to the end he stands as it were, for hence whitherward should he go. ‘I shall proclaim the manly deeds of Indra’ is the Niṣkevalya; it contains the symbol of ending in the reference to what has been; ‘He slew the dragon, he penetrated the waters’ is about what has been as it were. ‘Hitherwards the god Savitṛ with the golden’ is (the hymn) to Savitṛ; it contains (the word) ‘ghee’ in ‘With ghee both hands he imbueth, the sacrificer’; the ghee has many deities; the third pressing has many deities; therefore it contains (the word) ‘ghee’. ‘In ghee sky and earth enveloped’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth, containing (the word) ‘ghee’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘They have wrought the car well covered, skilled workers’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus; there is repetition in ‘They have wrought the two steeds, that bear Indra, strong in riches’; the third day is the end; having come to the end he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘To us from all sides may favouring powers come’ is (the hymn) for the All-gods; there is repetition in ‘Unfailing guardians day by day’; the third day is the end; having gone to the end, he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘To Vaiçvānara, the praise, increasing holy order’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara; in ‘Like purified ghee to Agni we present’ it contains (the word) ‘ghee’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘The Rudras, with Indra, accordant’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; it contains the words ‘from the sky’ in ‘Like springs of water from the sky for a thirsty man’; this is the symbol of yonder world. ‘Thee, O Agni, the righteous have kindled’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, beginning with the same word ‘Thee’ (in each verse); just as that with the same end, so that with the same beginning is a symbol of the end. They obtain yonder world with the third day, Āditya the god, the form the supreme essence of the deities; they confer sight upon themselves. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [20.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.25) imān eva tal lokān āpnuvanti / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > It is these worlds that they thereby attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.26) tiṣṭhā harī ratha ā yujyamānā iti marutvatīyam / > "Stand still, ye two bays, being yoked to the chariot" is the Marutvatīya hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.27) tiṣṭha iti sthitavat / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "Stand still" contains the word 'stand' (sthita). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.28) tad anta rūpam / > That is the form of an end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.29) antas tṛtīyam ahaḥ / > The third day is an end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.30) tiṣṭhati iva vā antam gatvā / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > Having reached the end, one stands still, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.31) kadryan hi tata iyāt / > Whither indeed would one go from there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.32) indrasya nu vīryāṇi pra vocam iti niṣkevalyam / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > "Now I shall proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra" is the Niṣkevalya recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.33) tasya tad eva anta rūpam yad bhūta anuvādy ahann ahim anvapas tatarda iti / > That very thing is its form of the end, which refers to what has happened: "He slew the dragon; he bored \[channels\] for the waters." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5.34) yad etad bhūtam iva abhi / (soma: abhiplava sadaha) > That \[points\] towards what is, as it were, past. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.20.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.20.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śākala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*sakala.1.45.2) — Sanskrit - [Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.asvalayanasamhita.52.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.20.5) · Pramāṇa