Aitareyabrahmana 2.24

2.24

yo vai yajñaṃ haviṣpaṅktiṃ veda, haviṣpaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti.
dhānāḥ karambhaḥ parivāpaḥ puroḷāśaḥ payasyety eṣa vai yajño
haviṣpaṅktir, haviṣpaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
yo vai yajñam akṣarapaṅktiṃ vedākṣarapaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti.
su mat pad vag da ity eṣa vai yajño 'kṣarapaṅktir,
akṣarapaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
yo vai yajñaṃ narāśaṃsapaṅktiṃ veda,
narāśaṃsapaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti.
dvinārāśaṃsam prātaḥsavanaṃ dvinārāśaṃsām mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ
sakṛnnārāśaṃsaṃ tṛtīyasavanam, eṣa vai yajño narāśaṃsapaṅktir.
narāśaṃsapaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
yo vai yajñaṃ savanapaṅktiṃ veda, savanapaṅktinā yājñena rādhnoti.
paśur upavasathe trīṇi savanāni paśur anūbandhya
ity eṣa vai yajñaḥ savanapaṅktiḥ,
savanapaṅktinā yajñena rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
harivām̐ īndro dhānā attu, pūṣaṇvān karambhaṃ, sarasvatīvān bhāratīvān,
parivāpa, īndrasyāpūpa iti haviṣpaiiktya yajatyviṣpaṅktyā yajaty
ṛksāme vā īndrasya harī
paśavaḥ Pūṣānnaṃ karambhaḥ
sarasvatīvān bhāratīvān iti, vāg eva Sarasvatī prāṇo Bharataḥ
parivāpa īndrasyāpūpa ity, annam eva parivāpa, indriyam apūpa
etāsām eva tad devatānāṃ yajamānaṃ sāyujyaṃ sarūpatāṃ salokatāṃ gamayati.
gachati śreyasaḥ sāyujyaṃ, gachati śreṣṭhatāṃ ya evaṃ veda
havir Agne vīhīty anusasavanam puroḷāśasviṣṭakṛto yajaty
Avatsāro vā etenāgneḥ priyaṃ dhāmopāgachat, sa paramaṃ lokam ajayad
upāgneḥ priyaṃ dhāma gachati, jayati paramaṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda
yaś caivaṃ vidvān etayā haviṣpaṅktyā yajate yajatīti ca yajatīti ca

ii. 24 (viii. 6). He who knows the sacrifice with five oblations prospers with the sacrifice of five oblations; the sacrifice of five oblations is made up of fried grains, mush, the pap, the cake, and the milk mess; this is the sacrifice of five oblations; he who knows thus prospers with the sacrifice of five oblations. He who knows the sacrifice of five syllables prospers with the sacrifice of five syllables; the sacrifice of five syllables is *su mat pad vag de*; he prospers with the sacrifice of five syllables who knows thus. He who knows the sacrifice of five Narāçaṅsas prospers with the sacrifice of the five Narāçaṅsas; the morning pressing has two Narāçaṅsa (cups); the midday pressing two Narāçaṅsas; the third pressing one Narāçaṅsas; this is the sacrifice of five Narāçaṅsas; he prospers with the sacrifice of five Narāçaṅsas who knows thus. He who knows the sacrifice of five pressings prospers with the sacrifice of five pressings; the sacrifice of five pressings is the victim on the fast day, three pressings, the concluding victim; he prospers with the sacrifice of five pressings who knows thus. 'With the bay steeds let Indra eat the fried grains; with Pūṣan the mush; with Sarasvatī, with Bhāratī, the pap (is for Indra); for Indra the cake' is the offer-

ing verse for the five oblation (sacrifice); the two bays are the Ṛc and the Sāman; Pūṣan is cattle; mush is food; ‘With Sarasvatī, with Bhāratī’ (he says); Sarasvatī is speech, Bharata is the breath; ‘the pap, for Indra the cake’ (he says); the pap is food, the cake is power; verily thus he makes the sacrificer attain union and identity of form and world with these deities he is united with a stronger, he obtains pre-eminence who knows thus. ‘Enjoy, O Agni, the oblation’ he says as offering verse for the Sviṣṭakṛt of the cake at each pressing. Thereby did Avatsāra go to the dear home of Agni; he conquered the highest world. He goes to the dear home of Agni; he conquers the highest world, who knows thus and who knowing thus sacrifices with this (sacrifice of) five oblations and who says the offering verse.