Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 5, 1
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"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
p. 193
Fifth Adhyya.
First Kha\"N"D"A.
1. He recites the Va"s"a hymn 1, wishing, May everything be in my power.
2. They (its verses) are twenty-one 2, for twenty-one are the parts (the lungs, spleen, some shorter, some longer.
6. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is breath. He joins the joints; with breath.
7. After having recited that verse twelve times he
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leaves it off there. These pr"n"as are verily twelvefold, seven in the head, two on the breast, three below. In these twelve places the pr"n"as are contained, there they are perfect. Therefore he leaves it off there 1.
8. The hymn indrgn yuva"m" su nah (Rv. Viii, 40) forms the two thighs (of the bird) belonging to Indra and Agni, the two supports with broad bones.
9. These (verses) consist of six feet, so that they may stand firm. Man stands firm on two feet, animals on four. He thus places man (the sacrificer), standing on two feet, among four-footed cattle.
10. The second verse has seven feet, and he makes it into a Gyatr and Anush"t"ubh. Gyatr is Brahman, Anush"t"ubh is speech; and he thus puts together speech with Brahman.
11. He recites a Trish"t"ubh at the end. Trish"t"ubh is strength, and thus does he come round animals by strength. Therefore animals come near where there is strength (of command, they come to be roused and to rise up, (they obey the commands of a strong shepherd.)
Footnotes
193:1 Having recited the verses which form the body, neck, head, wings, and tail of the bird, also the food intended for the bird, he now describes the Va"s"a hymn, i.e. the hymn composed by Va"s"a, Rv. Viii, 46. That hymn takes the place of the stomach which receives the food intended for the bird. Cf. Ait. r. V, 2, 5. In I, 5, 2, 4 it is called a Nivid.
193:2 Verses 1-20 of the Vasa hymn, and one Sdadohas.
193:3 Pra"n"vam means 'with pra"n"ava,' i.e. inserting Om in the proper places.
193:4 According as the metres of the different verses are fixed by "S"aunaka, Ait. r. V, 2, 5, who says that verse 15 is Dvipad, and that the last four words, nnam atha, form an Ekapad.
193:5 According to rule, i.e. so that they should come right as "s"valyana has prescribed the recitation of Dvipad and Ekapad verses. In a Dvipad there should be a stop after the first foot, and Om at the end o f the second. Ira an Ekapad there should be Om at the beginning and at the end.
"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
p. 193
Fifth Adhyya.
First Kha\"N"D"A.
1. He recites the Va"s"a hymn 1, wishing, May everything be in my power.
2. They (its verses) are twenty-one 2, for twenty-one are the parts (the lungs, spleen, some shorter, some longer.
6. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is breath. He joins the joints; with breath.
7. After having recited that verse twelve times he
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leaves it off there. These pr"n"as are verily twelvefold, seven in the head, two on the breast, three below. In these twelve places the pr"n"as are contained, there they are perfect. Therefore he leaves it off there 1.
8. The hymn indrgn yuva"m" su nah (Rv. Viii, 40) forms the two thighs (of the bird) belonging to Indra and Agni, the two supports with broad bones.
9. These (verses) consist of six feet, so that they may stand firm. Man stands firm on two feet, animals on four. He thus places man (the sacrificer), standing on two feet, among four-footed cattle.
10. The second verse has seven feet, and he makes it into a Gyatr and Anush"t"ubh. Gyatr is Brahman, Anush"t"ubh is speech; and he thus puts together speech with Brahman.
11. He recites a Trish"t"ubh at the end. Trish"t"ubh is strength, and thus does he come round animals by strength. Therefore animals come near where there is strength (of command, they come to be roused and to rise up, (they obey the commands of a strong shepherd.)
Footnotes
193:1 Having recited the verses which form the body, neck, head, wings, and tail of the bird, also the food intended for the bird, he now describes the Va"s"a hymn, i.e. the hymn composed by Va"s"a, Rv. Viii, 46. That hymn takes the place of the stomach which receives the food intended for the bird. Cf. Ait. r. V, 2, 5. In I, 5, 2, 4 it is called a Nivid.
193:2 Verses 1-20 of the Vasa hymn, and one Sdadohas.
193:3 Pra"n"vam means 'with pra"n"ava,' i.e. inserting Om in the proper places.
193:4 According as the metres of the different verses are fixed by "S"aunaka, Ait. r. V, 2, 5, who says that verse 15 is Dvipad, and that the last four words, nnam atha, form an Ekapad.
193:5 According to rule, i.e. so that they should come right as "s"valyana has prescribed the recitation of Dvipad and Ekapad verses. In a Dvipad there should be a stop after the first foot, and Om at the end o f the second. Ira an Ekapad there should be Om at the beginning and at the end.
