Seventh Adhyâya

Seventh Adhyâya^[104]

First Khanda

1. My speech rests in the mind, my mind rests in speech^[105]. Appear to me (thou, the Highest Self)! You (speech and mind) are the two pins^[106] (that hold the wheels) of the Veda. May what I have learnt not forsake me^[107]. I join day and night with what I have learnt^[108]. 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!

^[104]This seventh adhyâya contains a propitiatory prayer (sântikaro mantrah). It is frequently left out in the MSS. which contain the Aitareya-upanishad with Sankara'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 Sankara'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.

^[105]The two depend on each other.

^[106]Ant, explained by the commentator as ânayanasamartha.

^[107]Cf. Kh. Up. IV, 2, 5.

^[108]I repeat it day and night so that I may not forget it.