{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe01/sbe01184.htm","path":"hin/sbe01/sbe01184.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe01/sbe01184.htm","text":"The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01), by Max M\u00fcller, [1879]\n1. The two trikas, Rv. VIII, 68, 1-3, \u00e2 tv\u00e2 ratham yathotaye, and Rv. VIII, 2, 1-3, idam vaso sutam andhah, form the first (pratipad) and the second (anukara) of the Marutvat\u00eeya hymn.\n2. Both, as belonging to the one-day ceremonial 2, are perfect in form. On that day much is done now and then which has to be hidden, and has to be atoned for. Atonement is rest, the one-day sacrifice. Therefore at the end of the year the sacrificers rest on this atonement as their rest. He who knows this rests firm, and they also for whom a Hotri priest who knows this, recites this hymn 3.\n3. In the second verse of (the Prag\u00e2tha 4), indra ned\u00eeya ed ihi, pra s\u00fb tir\u00e2 sak\u00eebhir ye ta ukthinah (Rv. VIII, 53, 5, 6), there occurs the word ukthinah, reciters of hymns 5. Verily, this day (the mah\u00e2vrata) is an uktha (hymn), and as endowed with an uktha, the form of this day is perfect.\n4. In the first verse (of another Prag\u00e2tha) the word v\u00eera, strong, occurs (Rv. I, 40, 3), and as endowed with the word v\u00eera, strong, the form of this day is perfect.\n5. In the second verse (of another Prag\u00e2tha) the word suv\u00eeryam, strength, occurs (Rv. I. 40, 1), and as endowed with the word suv\u00eerya, strength, the form of this day is perfect.\n6. In the first verse (of another Prag\u00e2tha) the word ukthyam, to be hymned, occurs (Rv. I, 40, 5). Verily, this day is an uktha, and as endowed with an uktha, the form of this day is perfect.\n7. In the (Dhayy\u00e2) verse agnir net\u00e2 (Rv. III, 2 0, 4) the word vritrah\u00e2, killer of Vritra, occurs. The killing of Vritra is a form (character) of Indra, this day (the mah\u00e2vrata) belongs to Indra, and this is the (perfect) form of that day.\n8. In the (Dhayy\u00e2) verse tvam soma kratubhih sukratur bh\u00fbh (Rv. I, 91, 2) the word vrish\u00e2 1, powerful, occurs. Powerful is a form (character) of Indra, this day belongs to Indra, and this is the (perfect) form of that day.\n9. In the (Dhayy\u00e2) verse pinvanty apah (Rv. I, 64, 6) the word v\u00e2ginam, endowed with food, occurs. Endowed with food is a form (character) of Indra, this day belongs to Indra, and this is the (perfect) form of that day.\n10. In the same verse the word stanayantam, thundering, occurs. Endowed with thundering is a form (character) of Indra, this day belongs to Indra, and this is the (perfect) form of that day.\n11. In (the Prag\u00e2tha) pra va indr\u00e2ya brihate (Rv. VIII, 89, 3) (the word brihat occurs). Verily, brihat is mahat (great), and as endowed with mahat, great, the form of this day (mah\u00e2vrata) is perfect.\n12. In (the Prag\u00e2tha) brihad indr\u00e2ya g\u00e2yata (Rv. VIII, 89, 1)\n[paragraph continues] (the word brihat occurs). Verily, brihat is mahat (great), and as endowed with mahat, the form of this day is perfect.\n13. In (the Prag\u00e2tha) nakih sud\u00e2so ratham pary \u00e2sa na r\u00eeramad (Rv. VII, 32, 10) the words pary\u00e2sa (he moved round) and na r\u00eeramad (he did not enjoy) occur, and as endowed with the words paryasta and r\u00e2nti the form of this day is perfect 1.\nHe recites all (these) Prag\u00e2thas, in order to obtain all the days (of the sacrifice), all the Ukthas 2, all the Prishthas 3, all the Sastras 4, all the Pra-ugas 5, and all the Savanas (libations).\n166:1 In the first adhy\u00e2ya the two hymns to be recited by the Hotri priest at the morning-libation (the \u00e2gya and pra-uga sastra) have been considered. Now follows the Marutvat\u00eeya hymn, to be recited by the Hotri priest at the noon-libation.\n166:2 Taken from the Agnishtoma.\n166:3 Cf. I, 1, 3, 7-8.\n166:4 All these Prag\u00e2thas consist of two verses expanded into a trika.\n166:5 Hotr\u00e2daya ukthinah sastrinah.\n167:1 Cf. I, 2, 2, 14.\n168:1 Because the performance of the Mah\u00e2vrata sacrifice moves the worshipper round to another world and gives him enjoyment. Comm. It is difficult to surpass the absurdity of these explanations. Na r\u00eeramat means no one stopped the chariot of Sud\u00e2s. But even if it meant that no one rejoiced through the chariot of Sud\u00e2s, it would be difficult to see how the negative of enjoyment, mentioned in the hymn, could contribute to the perfection of a sacrifice which is to confer positive enjoyment on the worshipper.\n168:2 The stotras following after the Yag\u00f1\u00e2yag\u00f1\u00eeya S\u00e2man, serving for the ukthya-kratus.\n168:3 The stotras of the noon-libation, to be performed with the Rathantara, Brihat, and other S\u00e2mans.\n168:4 The sastras, recitations, accompanying the oblations of \u00e2gya.\n168:5 The pra-ugas, a division of sastras, described above.","title":"The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01): Aitareya-\u00c2ranyaka: ...","type":"page"}