Aitareya-Âranyaka

1.My speech rests in the mind, my mind rests in speech 246 : 3. Appear to me (thou, the Highest Self)! You (speech and mind) are the two pins 246 : 4 (that hold the wheels) of the Veda. May what I have learnt not forsake me 246 : 5. I join day and night with what I have learnt 246 : 6. I shall speak of the real, I shall speak the true. May this protect me, may this protect the teacher! May it protect me, may it protect the teacher, yea, the teacher!

246 : 2This seventh adhyâya contains a propitiatory prayer (sântikaro mantrah). It is frequently left out in the MSS. which contain the Aitareya-upanishad with Saṅkara's commentary, and Dr. Roer has omitted it in his edition. Sâyana explains it in his commentary on the Aitareya-âranyaka; and in one MS. of Saṅkara's commentary on the Aitareya-upanishad, which is in my possession, the seventh adhyâya is added with the commentary of Mâdhavâmâtya, the Âgñâpâlaka of Vîrabukka-mahârâga.

246 : 3The two depend on each other.

246 : 4Ant, explained by the commentator as ânayanasamartha.

246 : 5Cf. Kh. Up. IV, 2, 5.

246 : 6I repeat it day and night so that I may not forget it.