Editing Vamana (section)

==== Aitareya Brahmana ====
{{blockquote|In the words ''indras cha Visno yad apaspridhetham'' [RV 6.69.8] (there is hinted) that [[Indra]] and [[Vishnu]] fought with the [[Asura]]s. After they had defeated them, they said to them, "Let us divide!" The Asuras accepted the offer. Indra then said, "All through which Vishnu makes his three steps is ours, the other part is yours." Then Indra stepped through these (three worlds), then over the [[Vedas]], and (lastly) over [[Vāc|Vach]].|source=The Aitareya Brahmana, translated by Martin Haug (1922), Book 6, Chapter 3, Section 15 (pp. 275)}}

The concept of [[Vishnu]] obtaining the three worlds for the [[Deva (Hinduism)|Devas]] from the [[Asura]]s in three steps is clearly explained in the [[Aitareya Brahmana]]. The [[Rigveda]] [[Samhita]] verse referred to (6.69.8) regarding [[Indra]] and Vishnu battling the Asuras states 'Ye Twain have conquered, ne’er have ye been conquered: never hath either of the Twain been vanquished. Ye, Indra-Vishnu, when ye fought the battle, produced this infinite with three divisions'.

{{blockquote|Should the Hotar [Vedic Priest] repeat that verse (''tan vo maho''), he would prevent the rain from coming, for Parjanya has power over the rain (but there is no allusion to him in that verse). But if he repeat the verse ''pinvanty apo'', where there is a
pada referring to rain (the third ''atyam na mihe''), and one referring to the [[Marutas]] [188] (the storms accompanying the rain, in the first pada), and the word ''viniyanti'', "they carry off," which refers to [[Vishnu]], whose characteristic feature is said to be ''vichakrame'', i.e., he strode (thrice through the universe), which meaning is (also) implied in the term ''vinayanti'', and (where is further in it) the word, ''vajie'', "being laden with booty," referring to [[Indra]] (then the rain would come).|source=The Aitareya Brahmana, translated by Martin Haug (1922), Book 3, Chapter 3, Section 18 ('On the Origin of the Dhayyas, their Nature and Meaning', pp. 126–127)|author=|title=}}

The [[Maruts]], referred to as 'the sons of [[Rudra]]' are frequently mentioned throughout the [[Rigveda]], including in relation to the above quotation, producing rain (1.38.7).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01038.htm|title=Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XXXVIII. Maruts.|website=www.sacred-texts.com|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> [[Indra]] is the god of rain and as stated in the [[Aitareya Brahmana]], 'rain gives food' (2.5.41; pp.&nbsp;106). This is elaborated upon in the [[Aranyaka|Aitareya Aranyaka]] (Aranyaka 2, Adhyaya 3) which states "the seed of the devas is rain. The seed of rain is herbs. The seed of herbs is food".<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.195520|title=Aitareya Aranyaka|last=Keith|first=Arthur Berriedale|date=1909|pages=203}}</ref> Additionally, in the [[Bhagavad Gita]], [[Krishna]] states 'All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of [[yajna]]' (3.14).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/14/|title=Vedabase: Bhagavad Gita, 3.14|website=vedabase.io|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>