Kaṭha Āraṇyaka 2.6

2.6

vācameva tatpraviśantyapradāhāya 67 paṅktīṃ chandaḥ praviśāmīti . yajño vai paṅktir . yajñaṃ tadpraviśantyapradāhāya 67-1 atiśchandasaṃ chandaḥ praviśāmīti . śchandāṃsi vā atiśchandāś . chandāṃsyeva tatpraviśantyapradāhāya 68 ścha-ndāṃsi praviśāmīti . paśavo vai śchandāṃsi . paśūneva tatpraviśantyapradāhāya 69 tāni naḥ pārayantu . tāni no'vantv iti . āśiṣamevāśāste 70 tāni sa ṛśchatu yo'smāndveṣṭi yañca vayaṃ dviṣma iti . yameva dveṣṭi tam̐ śucārpayati 71 āpo asmānpraviśantvāpo asmāsu jāgṛteti . āpassarvā devatā devatā eva tatpraviśantyapradāhāya 72 āyurviśvāyurviśvamāyurvyaśnavai sarvamāyurvya-śnavā ityevaitadāha . sarvamāyureti ya evaṃ vedātho saṃvatsarañcaiva diśaśca sarvato varma kurute 73 yamāya tvā makhāya tveti mahāvīramprokṣati . yajño vai makho . yajñāyaivainamprokṣati . --- prokṣitāni pratiprasthātā vyāyātayati . --- pracaranti 74 deva puraścararghyāsaṃ tvā svarghyāsantveti . vedena mahāvīram̐ sammārṣṭi . athaivainaṃ trissammārṣṭi . triṣatyā hi devās . sarvatassammārṣṭi . sarvata evainammedhyaṃ yajñiyantena karoti 75 pṛthivyāssaṃspṛśaspāhīti . rajatamadhastādadhikarṣatīme vai lokā mahāvīrātpravṛjyamānādabibhayus . sarvā-nno'yantejasoddhakṣyatīti . prajāpatimupādhāvan . sa prajāpatiḥ pṛthivī-mabravīdra jata bhūtvā mahāvīraṃ dhārayasveti . antarikṣamabravīdvanaspatibhi-stvāntardhāsyāmīti . divamabravīddharitā bhūtvopariṣṭānmahāvīramsahasveti . tasmādra jatamadhastādadhikarṣati . pṛthivyā apradāhāya 76 arcirasi śo-cirasīti .

they enter speech, to prevent burning. 'I enter the Paṅkti meter': sacrifice is Paṅkti; they enter sacrifice, to prevent burning. 'I enter the Atichandas meter': the meters are the Atichandas; they enter the meters, to prevent burning. 'I enter the meters': cattle are the meters; they enter cattle, to prevent burning. 'May they lead us across, may they protect us': he thus utters a blessing. 'May he meet with those [evils] who hates us and whom we hate': the one whom he hates, upon him he inflicts pain. 'May the waters enter us, may the waters keep watch in us': the waters are all the deities; they enter the deities, to prevent burning. 'Life, full life, may I attain all life': 'May I attain the complete life-span,' so he says. He reaches the full life-span who knows thus, and he makes both the year and the directions an armor on every side. 'For Yama thee, for Makha thee,' he sprinkles the Mahāvīra. Makha is the sacrifice; for the sacrifice he sprinkles it. … The pratiprasthātṛ sets out the sprinkled [implements]. … they proceed. 'O divine guide, thee that art worthy of offering, thee that art worthy of heaven': with the grass broom he wipes the Mahāvīra. Then he wipes it three times, for the gods are threefold in truth. He wipes it all around; thereby he makes it pure and sacrificial on all sides. 'Protect from contact with the earth': he slides silver beneath [it]. These worlds were afraid of the Mahāvīra when it was being heated: 'It will burn all of us with its fiery energy!' They ran to Prajāpati. That Prajāpati said to the earth: 'Becoming silver, bear the Mahāvīra.' He said to the atmosphere: 'With trees I will intervene between you.' He said to heaven: 'Becoming gold, endure the Mahāvīra from above.' Therefore he slides silver beneath [it], to prevent burning of the earth. 'Flame art thou, blaze art thou' …