Kaṭha Āraṇyaka 2.7

2.7

jvalantamagnim̐ haratassatejastvāya 77 añjanti yamiti tasmi-nmukhyaṃ mahāvīramprayunakti . tejo vā agnistejo mahāvīras . tejasyeva tejo dadhāti 78 prāṇāya svāhā . vyānāya svāhāpānāya svāheti . --- mahāvīraṃ gharmyamprayunakti . diśo vai mahāvīrātpravṛktādabibhayussarvā no'yantejasoddhakṣyatīti . tāḥ prajāpatimupādhāvan . sa prajāpatira-bravītprādeśaṃprādeśaṃ vaḥ pradahati . devatābhirvo'ntardhāsyāmīti . tasmā-tprādeśena diśo mimīte 79 anādhṛṣṭā purastādagnerādhipatya iti . agnimeva purastādantardadhātyapradāhāya 80 ayurme dā ityātmana evaitāmāśiṣamāśāste 81 putravatī dakṣiṇata indra syādhipatya itīndra meva dakṣiṇādantardadhātyapradāhāya 82 prajāṃ me dā ityātmana evaitāmāśiṣamāśāste 83 suṣadā paścāddevasya saviturādhipatya iti . savitārameva paścādantardadhātyapradāhāya 84 cakṣurme dā ityātmana evaitāmāśiṣamāśāsta 85 āśrutiruttarānmitrāvaruṇayorādhipatya iti mitrāvaruṇā evottarādantardadhātyapradāhāya 86 śrotraṃ me dā ityātmana evaitāmāśiṣamāśāste 87 vidhṛtirupariṣṭādbṛhaspaterādhipatya iti . bṛhaspatimevopariṣṭādantardadhātyapradāhāya 88 vācaṃ me dā ityātmana evaitāmāśiṣamāśāste . --- . svāheti pariśrayato . asau vā ādityo rudro mahāvīro raśmayo vai maruto . raśmibhirevainampariśrayato 89 antarikṣasyāntardhirasītyupariṣṭātsamidhamādadhāti . vanaspatibhirevopariṣṭā-dantardadhāti 90 divassam̐ spṛśaspāhīti haritenāpidadhāti divo'pradāhāya 91 arhanbibharṣi sāyakāni dhanvārhanniṣkaṃ yajataṃ viśvarūpam . arhannidaṃ dayase viśvamabhvanna vā ojīyo rudra tvadastīti .

They carry the blazing fire, for fiery energy. With "Whom they anoint..." [RV 5.43.7], he joins the principal Mahāvīra on it. Agni is fiery energy, the Mahāvīra is fiery energy; into fiery energy he places fiery energy. "To out-breath, svāhā! To cross-breath, svāhā! To down-breath, svāhā!" He joins the Gharma Mahāvīra. The quarters indeed feared the Mahāvīra when he was set on the fire: "This one will burn us all up with fiery energy!" They ran to Prajāpati. Prajāpati said: "Span by span he burns you; I shall interpose [deities] between him and you with the deities." Therefore, by a span, he measures the quarters. "Unassailable from the east, under Agni's overlordship": he interposes Agni from the east to prevent burning. "Grant me life": he invokes this blessing for himself. "Rich in sons from the south, under Indra's overlordship": he interposes Indra from the south to prevent burning. "Grant me offspring": he invokes this blessing for himself. "A good seat from the west, under the divine Savitṛ's overlordship": he interposes Savitṛ from the west to prevent burning. "Grant me sight": he invokes this blessing for himself. "Hearing from the north, under Mitra and Varuṇa's overlordship": he interposes Mitra and Varuṇa from the north to prevent burning. "Grant me hearing": he invokes this blessing for himself. "Support from above, under Bṛhaspati's overlordship": he interposes Bṛhaspati from above to prevent burning. "Grant me speech": he invokes this blessing for himself. With "... svāhā", the two enclose it. Yonder sun is Rudra, the Mahāvīra; the Maruts are the rays; with the rays the two enclose him. With "You are the screen of the intermediate space", he lays a kindling-stick on top; with trees indeed he screens it from above. With "Protect from contact with heaven", he covers it with a gold piece to prevent the burning of heaven. "Worthy, you bear the arrows and the bow; worthy, the worshipful neck-ornament of every form; / worthy, you distribute this entire immense world; nor is there anyone mightier than you, Rudra" [RV 2.33.10]—