Aitareyabrahmana 1.9

1.9

devaviśaḥ kalpayitavyā ity āhus, tāḥ kalpamānā anu manuṣyaviśaḥ
kalpanta iti; sarvā viśaḥ kalpante, kalpate yajño 'pi
tasyai janatāyai kalpate yatraivaṃ vidvān hotā bhavati
svasti naḥ pathyāsu dhanvasv ity anvāha
svasty apsu vṛjane svarvati \ svasti naḥ putrakṛtheṣu yoniṣu
svasti rāye maruto dadhātaneti
Maruto vai devānāṃ viśas, tā evaitad yajñamukhe 'cīkḷpat
sarvaiś chandobhir yajed ity āhuḥ.
sarvair vai chandobhir iṣṭvā devāḥ svargaṃ lokam ajayaṃs,
tathaivaitad yajamānaḥ sarvaiś chandobhir iṣṭvā svargaṃ lokaṃ jayati
svasti naḥ pathyāsu dhanvasu,
svastir id dhi prapathe śreṣṭheti pathyāyāḥ svastes triṣṭubhāv.
agne naya supathā rāye asmān,
ā devānām api panthām aganmety Agnes triṣṭubhau.
tvaṃ soma pra cikito manīṣā,
yā te dhāmāni divi yā pṛthivyām iti Somasya triṣṭubhāv.
ā viśvadevaṃ satpatiṃ, ya imā viśvā jātānīti Savitur gāyatryau.
sutrāmāṇam pṛthivīṃ dyām anehasam, mahīm ū ṣu mātaraṃ
suvratānām ity Aditer jagatyāv
etāni vāva sarvāṇi chandāṃsi:
gāyatraṃ traiṣṭubhaṃ jāgatam, anv anyāny;
etāni hi yajñe pratamām iva kriyanta
etair ha vā asya chandobhir yajataḥ sarvaiś chandobhir iṣṭam bhavati
ya evaṃ veda

i. 9 (ii. 3). ‘The subjects of the gods should be brought into order,’ they say; ‘as they are brought into order, the subjects of men come into order.’ All the subjects come into order, the sacrifice comes into order also, (all) is in order for that people where there is a Hotṛ knowing thus. He recites,

‘Prosperity to us in the ways, in the deserts,
Prosperity in the waters, in the abode which hath the light,
Prosperity to us in the wombs that bear children,
Prosperity for wealth do ye, O Maruts, bestow.’

The Maruts are the subjects of the gods; verily thus at the beginning of the sacrifice he brings them into order. ‘With all the metres should he say the offering verse,’ they say; having sacrificed with all the metres, the gods conquered the world of heaven; verily thus the sacrificer having sacrificed with all the metres conquers the world of heaven. ‘Prosperity to us in the ways, in the deserts’ and ‘The highest safety in the way’ are the Triṣṭubh verses for Pathyā Svasti. ‘O Agni, lead us by a fair path to wealth’ and ‘We have come to the path of the gods’ are the Triṣṭubh verses for Agni. ‘Thou, O Soma, skilled in thought’ and ‘Thine abodes in the sky, on the earth’ are the Triṣṭubh verses for Soma. ‘The god of all, the lord of the good’ and ‘Who all these beings’ are the Gāyatrī verses for Savitṛ. ‘The good protector, the earth, sky unequalled’ and ‘The great one, the mother of those of good vows’ are the Jagatī verses for Aditi. These are all the metres, Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, and Jagatī, the others are dependent (on them), for these are used most prominently in the sacrifice. By means of these metres the sacrificer has sacrificed with all metres, who knows thus.