Aitareya Āraṇyaka 3.2.3

3.2.3

etām anuvidhaṃ saṃhitāṃ saṃdhīyamānāṃ manya iti ha smāha bādhvaḥ \
etaṃ hy eva bahvṛcā mahaty ukthe mīmāṃsanta, eta/m agnāv adhvaryava, etaṃ mahāvrate chandogā, etam asyām, etaṃ divy, etaṃ vāyā/v, etam ākāśa, etam apsv, etam oṣadhīṣv, etaṃ vanaspatiṣv, etaṃ candramasy, etaṃ nakṣatreṣv, etaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣv.
etam eva brahmety ācakṣate \
sa eṣa saṃvatsarasaṃ/mānaś cakṣurmayaḥ śrotramayaś chandomayo manomayo vāṅmaya ātmā \
sa ya evam etaṃ saṃvatsarasaṃmānaṃ cakṣurmayaṃ śrotramayaṃ chandomayaṃ manomayaṃ vāṅmayam ātmānaṃ parasmai śaṃsati, \\ 3 \\
dugdhadohā asya vedā bhavanti.
na tasyānūkte bhāgo 'sti.
na veda sukṛtasya panthānam iti \
tad apy etad ṛṣiṇokam \
yas tityāja sacividaṃ sakhāyaṃ (RV X 71,6a), na tasya vācy api bhāgo asti (RV X 71,6b) \ yad īṃ śṛṇo/ty alakaṃ śṛṇoti (RV X 71,6c), nahi praveda sukṛtasya panthām (RV X 71,6d) iti \\

'This I think to be the regular Samhitâ as conceived by me,' thus said Bâdhva.

For the Bahvrikas consider him (the self) in the great hymn (mahad uktha), the Adhvaryus in the sacrificial fire, the Khandogas in the Mahâvrata ceremony. Him they see in this earth, in heaven, in the air, in the ether, in the water, in herbs, in trees, in the moon, in the stars, in all beings. Him alone they call Brahman.

That self which consists of sight, hearing, metre, mind, and speech is like unto the year.

He who recites to another that self which consists of sight, hearing, metre, mind, and speech, and is like unto the year,

To him the Vedas yield no more milk, he has no luck in what he has learnt (from his Guru); he does not know the path of virtue.

This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. X, 71, 6):--

'He who has forsaken the friend (the Veda), that knows his friends, in his speech there is no luck. Though he hears, he hears in vain, for he does not know the path of virtue.'