Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 2.18

2.18

ŚĀ 2,18
tat savitur vṛṇīmaha iti vaiśvadevasya +pratipat | vṛṇīmaha iti mahadvatī | mahadvat - mahadvat dhyetad ahaḥ | adyā no deva savitar ityanucaraḥ | viśvā vāmāni dhīmahīti mahadvat | mahadvad dhyetad ahaḥ | tad devasya savitur vāryaṃ mahad iti sāvitraṃ mahadvat| mahadvad dhyetad ahaḥ | te hi dyāvāpṛthivī viśvaśaṃbhuva iti dyāvāpṛthivīyam uruvyacaso mahinī asaścateti mahadvat | mahadvad dhyetad ahaḥ | kim u śreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ yaviṣṭho na ājagann ityārbhavam | na nindima camasaṃ yo mahākula iti mahadvat | mahadvad dhyetad ahaḥ | asya vāmasya palitasya hotur iti salilaṃ vaiśvadevam | salilaṃ hyetad devānām | aikāhike nividaṃ dadhāti | pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva | aikāhikaṃ vaiśvānarīyam |
pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva | prayajyavo maruto bhrājadṛṣṭaya iti mārutam | bṛhan mahānta urviyā vi rājatheti bṛhadvat | mahadvat - mahadvat dhyetad ahaḥ | baḷa ityā tad vapeṣu dhāyi darśitam iti jātavedasīyaṃ tasya astāvyagniḥ śimīvadbhir arkair ity arkavatyuttamā | tad etasyāhno rūpam ityagnimārutasūktānīti | etasyāhnaḥ sūktāni | tad agniṣṭomaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate | brahma vā agniṣṭomaḥ | brahmaitad ahaḥ | brahmanyeva tad brahma pratiṣṭhāpyanti | te 'mṛtatvam āpnuvanti ya etad ahar upayanti ya etad ahar upayanti ||

"We choose that [favour] of Savitṛ" is the opening verse of the Vaiśvadeva recitation. "We choose" contains [the word] "great"; for great is this day. "Today for us, divine Savitṛ" is the subsequent verse. "May we meditate on all blessings" contains [the word] "great"; for great is this day. "That great desirable [grace] of the divine Savitṛ" is the hymn to Savitṛ containing [the word] "great"; for great is this day. "Truly they, heaven and earth, all-beneficent" is the hymn to Heaven and Earth; "of broad expanse, great, unfailing" contains [the word] "great"; for great is this day. "Who has come to us, the eldest or the youngest?" is the hymn to the Ṛbhus. "We have not blamed the chalice, which is of great lineage" contains [the word] "great"; for great is this day. "Of this lovely grey Hotṛ" is the watery hymn to the Viśvedevas; for watery is this [aspect] of the gods. He inserts the nivid of the one-day soma rite; for the one-day soma rite is a support, for the sake of support. The hymn to Vaiśvānara belongs to the one-day rite; / for the one-day soma rite is a support, for the sake of support. "The zealous Maruts with shining spears" is the hymn to the Maruts. "Exalted, great, wide do ye reign" contains [the word] "exalted"; for great is this day. "Truly thus was seen, placed upon the omenta" is the hymn to Jātavedas; its final verse is "Agni has been praised with energetic songs", which contains [the word] "song". That is the form of this day. These are the hymns of the Agnimāruta recitation; these are the hymns of this day. Thus the Agniṣṭoma comes to its conclusion. Brahman indeed is the Agniṣṭoma; Brahman is this day. In Brahman alone do they thus establish Brahman. Those who perform this day obtain immortality, those who perform this day.