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Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 2

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"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],

Second Kha
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1. And here they ask: 'What is the beginning of this day?' Let him say: 'Mind and speech 2.'

2. All desires dwell in the one (mind), the other yields all desires.

3.
All desires dwell in the mind, for with the mind he conceives all desires.

4.
All desires come to him who knows this.

5.
Speech yields all desires, for with speech he declares all his desires.

6.
Speech yields all desires to him who knows this.

7.
Here they say: 'Let him not begin this day with a "Ri"k", a Ya"g"us, or a Sman verse (divine speech), for it is said, he should not start with a "Ri"k", a Ya"g"us, or a Sman 3.'

8. Therefore, let him say these Vyh"ri"tis (sacred interjections) first.

9.
These interjections Bhs, Bhuvas, Svar are the three Vedas, Bhs the "Ri"g"-veda, Bhuvas the Ya"g"ur-veda, Svar the Sma-veda. Therefore (by

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intercalating these
) he does not begin simply with a "Ri"k", Ya"g"us, or Sman verse, he does not start with a "Ri"k", Ya"g"us, or Sman verse.

Footnotes

177:2
Mind, to think about the hymns which have to be recited; speech, to recite them without a flaw.

177:3
It is doubtful whether neyd "ri"ka"h" and apaga"k"kh"et can have this meaning. However, what is intended is clear, viz. that the priest, even after having uttered the sound Him, should not immediately begin with verses from the Vedas, but should intercalate the three syllables bhr bhuva"h" svar, or, if taken singly, bhs, bhuvas, svar.
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