Aitareyabrahmana 2.12

2.12

tasya vapām utkhidyāharanti.
tām adhvaryuḥ sruveṇābhighārayann āha:
stokebhyo 'nubrūhīti
tad yat stokāḥ ścotanti, sarvadevatyā vai stokā:
nen ma ime 'nabhiprītā devān gachān iti
juṣasva saprathastamam ity anvāha
vaco devapsarastamam \ havyājuhvāna āsanīty
Agner evaināṃs tad āsye juhotī/maṃ
no yajñam amṛteṣu dhehīti sūktam anvāhe/mā
havyā jātavedo juṣasveti havyajuṣṭim āśāste
stokānām agne medaso ghṛtasyeti, medasaś ca hi ghṛtasya ca bhavanti
hotaḥ prāśāna prathamo niṣadyety.
Agnir vai devānāṃ hotāgne prāśāna prathamo niṣadyety eva tad āha
ghṛtavantaḥ pāvaka te stokā ścotanti medasa iti,
medasaś ca hy eva hi ghṛtasya ca bhavanti
svadharman devavītaye śreṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vāryam ity āśiṣam āśāste
tubhyaṃ stokā ghṛtaścuto 'gne viprāya santyeti, ghṛtaścuto hi bhavanty
ṛṣiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sam idhyase yajñasya prāvitā bhaveti yajñasamṛddhim āśāste
tubhyaṃ ścotanty adhrigo śacīva stokāso agne medaso ghṛtasyeti,
medasaś ca hy eva hi ghṛtasya ca bhavanti
kaviśasto bṛhatā bhānunāgā havyā juṣasva medhireti havyajuṣṭim evāśāsta
ojiṣṭhaṃ te madhyato meda udbhṛtam pra te vayaṃ dadāmahe \
ścotanti te vaso stokā adhi tvaci prati tān devaśo vihīty
abhy evaināṃs tad vaṣaṭkaroti, yathā somasyāgne vīhīti
tad yat stokāḥ ścotanti, sarvadevatyā vai stokās,
tasmād iyaṃ stokaśo vṛṣṭir vibhaktopācarati

ii. 12 (vii. 2). Having forced out its omentum they bring it up; the Adhvaryu covering it with butter from the dipping ladle says, ‘Recite for the drops.’ In that the drops are dropped, (it is because he thinks) ‘The drops are connected with all the deities; let these not, undelighted by me, go to the gods.’ ‘Rejoice in the most extending’ he recites. ‘This speech most pleasing to the gods, offering the oblations in thy mouth’ (he says); verily thus he offers them in the mouth of Agni. ‘This our sacrifice place among the immortals’, this hymn he recites. In ‘Rejoice in these oblations, O all-knower’ he invokes rejoicing in the oblations. ‘Of the drops, O Agni, of fat, of ghee’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. ‘O Hotṛ, eat first seated’ (he says); Agni is the Hotṛ of the gods; verily thus he says ‘O Agni, eat, first seated.’ ‘Rich in ghee, O purifying one, for thee the drops of fat are dropped’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. In ‘Bestow upon us in thy wont that most worthy thing meet for the enjoyment of the gods’ he invokes a benediction. ‘To thee, the sage, the drops drop ghee, O Agni, who art to be appeased’ (he says), for they drop ghee. In ‘As best seer art thou kindled; do thou become the helper of the sacrifice’ he invokes the perfecting of the sacrifice. ‘For thee they drop, O Adhrigu, O mighty one, the drops, O Agni, of fat and of ghee’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. ‘Praised by the poet with great blaze hast thou come; rejoice in the oblations, O wise one’, with this he invokes rejoicing in the oblations.