Aitareyabrahmana 2.38

2.38

ḥotṛjapaṃ japati, retas tat siñcaty
upāṃśu japaty, upāṃśv iva vai retasaḥ siktiḥ
purāhāvāj japati. yad vai kimcordhvam āhāvāc, chastrasyaiva tat
parāñcaṃ catuṣpady āsīnam abhyāhvayate,
tasmāt parāñco bhūtvā catuṣpādo retaḥ siñcanti
samyaṅ dvipād bhavati, tasmāt samyañco bhūtvā dvipādo retaḥ siñcanti
pitā Mātariśvety āha.
prāṇo vai pitā prāṇo Mātariśvā prāṇo reto, retas tat siñcaty
achidrā padā dhā iti. reto vā achidram, āto hy achidraḥ sambhavaty
achidrokthā kavayaḥ śaṃsann iti. ye vā anūcānās te kavayas,
ta idam achidraṃ retaḥ prajanayann ity eva tad āha
somo viśvavin nīthāni neṣad bṛhaspatir ukthāmadāni śaṃsiṣad iti.
brahma vai Bṛhaspatiḥ, kṣatraṃ Somaḥ,
stutaśastrāṇi nīthāni cokthamadāni ca.
daivena caivaitad brahmaṇā prasūto daivena ca kṣatreṇokthāni śaṃsaty
etau ha vā asya sarvasya prasavasyeśāte yad idaṃ kiṃca
tad yad etābhyām aprasūtaḥ karoty, akṛtaṃ tad.
akṛtam akar iti vai nindanti
kṛtam asya kṛtam bhavati, nāsyākṛtaṃ kṛtam bhavati ya evaṃ veda
vāg āyur viśvāyur viśvam āyur ity āha.
prāṇo vā āyuḥ, prāṇo reto, vāg yonir; yoniṃ tad upasaṃdhāya retaḥ siñcati
ka idaṃ śaṃsiṣyati saidaṃ śaṃsiṣyatīty āha.
Prajāpatir vai kaḥ, Prajāpatiḥ prajanayiṣyatīty eva tad āha

ii. 38 (x. 6). He mutters the muttering of the Hotṛ; thus he pours seed; inaudibly he mutters; inaudible as it were is the pouring of seed. Before the call he mutters; whatever there is after the call, that belongs to the Çastra. To him he calls as he lies on all fours with averted face; therefore turning their backs quadrupeds pour seed; when he faces him who

faces him he becomes two-footed; therefore bipeds facing (each other) emit seed. 'Father Mātariçvan,' he says; the father is the breath; Mātariçvan is the breath; seed is the breath; thus he pours seed. 'Make the lines unbroken' (he says); what is unbroken is seed, for hence he arises unbroken. 'May the poets sing unbroken litanies'; the poets are the learned; 'May they propagate this unbroken seed,' he says, in effect. 'May Soma, All-knower, guide the songs, Bṛhaspati recite the litanies and the exclamations!' (he says); Bṛhaspati is the holy power, Soma the lordly power, the songs and the litanies with the exclamations are the Stotras and the Çastras. Verily thus instigated by the holy power divine and the lordly power divine he recites the litanies. These two are the lords of instigation of all this whatever there is here. What he does without instigation by these two that is not done; 'He has done what is not done,' they say, in blame. What is done is done, what is done is not undone by him who knows thus. 'Speech, life, of all life, all life' he says; life is the breath; seed is the breath; the womb is speech; thus having created a womb he pours seed. 'Who (ka) will recite this? He will recite this,' he says; Prajāpati is who; verily thus he says 'Prajāpati will propagate this.'