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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
9. Then he recites the Ekapadà (indro visvam vi râgati), wishing, May I be everything at once, and may I thus finish the whole work of metres?
10. In reciting the hymn indram visva avfyridhan (Rv. I, 11) he intertwines the first seven verses by intertwining their feet. There are seven prânas (openings) in the head, and he thus places seven prânas in the head. The eighth verse (half-verse) he does not intertwines. The eighth is speech, and he thinks, May my speech never be intertwined with the other prânas. Speech therefore, though dwelling in the same abode as the other prânas, is not intertwined with them.
11. He recites the Virág verses 4. Verily, Virág verses are food, and they thus serve for the gaining of food.
12. He ends with the hymn of Vasishtha 5, wishing, May I be Vasishtha !
13. But let him end with the fifth verse, esha stomo maha ugraya vâhe, which, possessing the word mahat, is auspicious.
14. In the second foot of the fifth verse the word dhuri occurs. Verily, dhụh (the place where the horse is fastened to the car) is the end (of the car). This day also is the end (of the sacrifice which lasts a whole year). Thus the verse is fit for the day.
1 The Ekapadá forms the last metre in this ceremony.
• The first and last half-verses of the hymn are not to be intertwined. Of the remaining fourteen half-verses he joins, for instance, the fourth foot of the first verse with the second foot of the second verse, and so on. Comm.
3 Because nothing more follows. Comm. • Rv. VII, 22, 1-6.
o Rv. VII, 24. • The last day is the udayaniyâtirâtra. Comm.
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |