Kaṭha Āraṇyaka 2.4

2.4

ūrjaivainampaśubhissamardhayati 34 yadyabhicaredidamahamamumāmuṣyā-yaṇamamuṣyāḥ putramūrjā paśubhirvyardhayāmīti . paśavo vai jagati . ūrjaivaina-mpaśubhirvyardhayati 35 idamahammāntejasā brahmavarcasenaujasā vīryeṇa prajayā paśubhirannādyena samardhayāmīti . ātmā vai brahmavarcasi . ātmānameva tattejasā brahmavarcasenaujasā vīryeṇa prajayā paśubhirannādyena samardhayati 36 ṛjave tvā . sādhave tvā . sukṣityai tveti . yathāyajuraparamaparam̐ sādayatīmāneva lokānpratyavarohati 37 sūryasya tvā cakṣusānvīkṣa ityavekṣate . yadvā idammanuṣyāṇāṃ cakṣuṣā prekṣeta . pradaheccakṣurandhāḥ prajā jāyeran . sūryasyaivaina-ñcakṣuṣānvīkṣate 38 śchṛṇattu tvā vāgiti . payasāśchṛṇatti . vāgvai gāyatrī . vācaivainamāśchṛṇatti 39 śchṛṇattu tvorgiti . annaṃ vā ūrg . annādye-naivainamāśchṛṇatti 40 ṣchṛṇattu tvā paya iti . paśavo vai payaṃ . paśubhirevainamāśchṛṇatti 41 śchṛṇattu tvā rasaḥ 42 chṛṇattu tvā haviḥ 43 chṛṇattu tvā somaḥ 44 chṛṇattu tvā yajñaḥ 45 chṛṇattu tvā brahma 46 chṛṇattu tvā prajāpatiriti . yathāyajuḥ 47 brahmanpravargyeṇa pracariṣyāma ityadhva-ryurbrahmāṇamāmantrayate . brahmaṇi vā etarhi yajñas . tasmādenamāha 48 yaju-ryuktamiti brahmā . yajuṣo vā eṣa ratho yadyajñas . tamadhvaryuradhvare yunakti . tadadhvaryoradhvaryutvam . adhvaryurenampraṇayati . adhvaryurevāsya sarvasya praṇe-tādhvaryuranyānṛtvijassampreṣyatīdaṅ kurutedaṅ kurutetyevaitadāha 49 sāmabhirā-ktakhantveti . sāmānyevāsyābhitaścakre 50 viśvābhirdhībhissambhṛtamiti . sarvābhirvai dhībhiryajñassambhriyate .

With nourishment, with cattle he prospers him. If he should practice sorcery, [he should say,] 'Here I deprive so-and-so, son of so-and-so, the son of such-and-such mother, of nourishment, of cattle.' Cattle are the Jagatī; with nourishment, with cattle he deprives him. 'Here I prosper myself with fiery energy, with priestly splendor, with might, with valor, with offspring, with cattle, with proper food.' The self is in priestly splendor; he thus prospers his own self with fiery energy, with priestly splendor, with might, with valor, with offspring, with cattle, with proper food. 'For the upright one thee, for the straight one thee, for good dwelling thee'—according to the yajus he sets down each subsequent [pot]; he thus steps down upon these worlds. 'I gaze upon thee with the eye of the Sun,' he looks [at it]. If he were to look at this with the eye of humans, it would burn their sight and the creatures would be born blind; with the eye of the Sun he gazes upon it. 'May speech sprinkle thee': he sprinkles it with milk. Speech indeed is Gāyatrī; with speech he sprinkles it. 'May nourishment sprinkle thee': nourishment is food; with proper food he sprinkles it. 'May milk sprinkle thee': cattle are milk; with cattle he sprinkles it. 'May sap sprinkle thee,' 'May the oblation sprinkle thee,' 'May Soma sprinkle thee,' 'May the sacrifice sprinkle thee,' 'May the brahman sprinkle thee,' 'May Prajāpati sprinkle thee'—according to the yajus. 'O brahman, we shall proceed with the Pravargya,' the adhvaryu addresses the brahman priest. For at that moment the sacrifice rests in the brahman priest; therefore he addresses him. 'Yoked with yajus,' the brahman priest [answers]. A chariot of yajus indeed is this sacrifice; the adhvaryu yokes it in the sacrificial rite. That is the adhvaryu-ship of the adhvaryu. The adhvaryu conducts it; the adhvaryu alone is the leader of all this. The adhvaryu gives commands to the other priests; saying 'Do this, do that,' he thus directs them. 'Let them be fashioned with sāmans': the sāmans are its wheels on both sides. 'Prepared with all thoughts': with all thoughts indeed the sacrifice is prepared.