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# Taittiriyabrahmana 3.10.4

Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3.10.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.10.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.4.1)

saṃvatsarò 'si parivatsarò 'si /  
idāvatsarò 'sīduvatsarò 'si /  
idvatsarò 'si vatsarò 'si /  
tásya te vasantáḥ síraḥ /  
grīṣmó dákṣiṇaḥ pakṣáḥ /  
varṣā́ḥ púccham /  
śarád úttaraḥ pakṣáḥ /  
hemantó mádhyam /  
pūrvapakṣā́ś cítayaḥ /  
aparapakṣā́ḥ púrīṣam /

> You are the year; you are the full year; / you are the following year; you are the recurring year; / you are the current year; you are the year. / Of you, spring is the head; / summer is the right wing; / the rainy season is the tail; / autumn is the left wing; / winter is the middle; / the waxing fortnights are the layers; / the waning fortnights are the loose earth filling;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.4.2)

ahorātrā́ṇī́ṣṭakāḥ /  
ṛṣabhò 'si svargó lokáḥ /  
yásyāṃ diśí mahī́yase /  
táto no máha ā́vaha /  
vāyúr bhūtvā́ sárvā díśa ā́vāhi /  
sárvā díśó 'nuvívāhi /  
sárvā díśó 'nusáṃvāhi /  
cíttyā cítim ā́pṛṇa /  
ácittyā cítim ā́pṛṇa /  
cíd asi samudráyoniḥ /

> the days and nights are the bricks. / You are the bull, the heavenly world. / In whatever direction you are magnified, / from there bring us greatness. / Becoming the wind, blow toward all directions; / blow along through all directions; / blow together along all directions. / Fill the pile with thought; / fill the pile without thought. / Thought you are, born from the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.4.3)

índur dákṣaḥ syená ṛtā́vā /  
híraṇyapakṣaḥ śakunó bhuraṇyúḥ /  
mahā́nt sadhásthe dhruvá ā́níṣattaḥ /  
námas te astu mā́ mā him̐sīḥ /  
ā́\_íti prá\_íti vī́ti sám íty úd íti /  
dívaṃ me yaccha /  
antárikṣaṃ me yaccha /  
pṛthivī́ṃ me yaccha /  
pṛthivī́ṃ me yaccha /  
antárikṣaṃ me yaccha /  
dívaṃ me yaccha /  
áhnā prásāraya /  
rā́tryā sámaca /  
rā́tryā prásāraya áhnā sámaca /  
kā́maṃ prásāraya /  
kā́mam̐ sámaca //

> Soma the capable, the true falcon, / the golden-winged, zealous bird, / great, seated firmly in the shared seat: / homage be to you; do not harm me! / 'Hither', 'forth', 'apart', 'together', 'upward': / grant me heaven; / grant me the intermediate space; / grant me the earth! / Grant me the earth; / grant me the intermediate space; / grant me heaven! / Extend with the day; / contract with the night. / Extend with the night; contract with the day. / Extend desire; / contract desire!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya~en-mt-r.3.10.4.1) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya!sayana.204.3.14) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāṭhaka (Taittirīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.kathaka.1.10402) — Sanskrit
- [Kāṭhakabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kathaka) — Sanskrit

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