Aitareyabrahmana 1.5

1.5

gāyatryau sviṣṭakṛtaḥ saṃyājye kurvīta tejaskāmo brahmavarcasakāmas
tejo vai brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī
tejasvī brahmavarcasī bhavati ya evaṃ vidvān gāyatryau kuruta
uṣṇihāv āyuṣkāmaḥ kurvītā/yur
vā uṣṇik
sarvam āyur eti ya evaṃ vidvān uṣṇihau kurute
'nuṣṭubhau svargakāmaḥ kurvīta
dvayor vā anuṣtubhoś catuḥṣaṣṭir akṣarāṇi, traya ima ūrdhvā ekaviṃśā lokā; ekaviṃśatyaikaviṃśatyaivemām̐l lokān rohati, svarga eva loke
catuḥṣaṣṭitamena pratitiṣṭhati
pratitiṣṭhati ya evaṃ vidvān anuṣṭubhau kurute
bṛhatyau śrīkāmo yaśaskāmaḥ kurvīta
śrīr vai yaśaś chandasām bṛhatī
śriyam eva yaśa ātman dhatte ya evaṃ vidvān bṛhatyau kurute
paṅktī yajñakāmaḥ kurvīta
pāṅkto vai yajña
upainaṃ yajño namati ya evaṃ vidvān paṅktī kurute
triṣṭubhau vīryakāmaḥ kurvītau/jo
vā indriyaṃ vīryaṃ triṣṭub==
ojasvīndriyavān vīryavān bhavati ya evaṃ vidvāṃs triṣṭubhau kurute
jagatyau paśukāmaḥ kurvīta
jāgatā vai paśavaḥ
paśumān bhavati ya evaṃ vidvāñ jagatyau kurute
virājāv annādyakāmaḥ kurvītā/nnaṃ
vai virāṭ
tasmād yasyaiveha bhūyiṣṭham annam bhavati sa eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ
loke virājati, tad virājo virāṭtvaṃ
vi sveṣu rājati, śreṣṭhaḥ svānām bhavati ya evaṃ veda

i. 5. Gāyatrī verses should he use as the invitatory and offering verses of the Sviṣṭakṛt, who desires brilliance or splendour; the Gāyatrī is brilliance and splendour; brilliant and resplendent does he become who knowing thus uses Gāyatrī verses. Uṣṇih verses should he use who desires life; the Uṣṇih is life; he lives all his days who knowing thus uses Uṣṇih verses. Anuṣṭubh verses should he use who desires the heaven; of two Anuṣṭubhs there are sixty-four syllables; three worlds each twenty-onefold are there stretching upwards; with twenty-one (verses) each he mounts these worlds; with the sixty-fourth he finds support in the world of heaven; support he finds who knowing thus uses Anuṣṭubh verses. Bṛhatī verses should he use who desires prosperity and glory; the Bṛhatī is prosperity and glory among the metres; verily prosperity and glory he places in himself who knowing thus uses Bṛhatī verses. Paṅkti verses should he use who desires the sacrifice; the sacrifice is fivefold; verily the sacrifice condescends to him who knowing thus uses Paṅkti verses. Triṣṭubh verses should he use who desires strength; the Triṣṭubh is force, power, and strength; possessed of force, power, and strength does he become who knowing thus uses Triṣṭubh verses. Jagatī verses should he use who desires cattle; cattle are connected with the Jagatī; he becomes possessed of cattle who knowing thus uses Jagatī verses. Virāj verses should he use who desires proper food; the Virāj is food; therefore he who here has most food is most glorious in the world; that is why the Virāj has its name (the glorious). Glorious among his own is he, best of his own does he become who knows thus.