Aitareyabrahmana 2.4

2.4

āprībhir āprīṇati
tejo vai brahmavarcasam āpriyas,
tejasaivainaṃ tad hi brahmavarcasena samardhayati
samidho yajati
prāṇā vai samidhaḥ, prāṇā hīdaṃ sarvaṃ samindhate yad idaṃ kiṃca;
prāṇān eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇān yajamāne dadhāti
Tanūnapātaṃ yajati. prāṇo vai Tanūnapāt, sa hi tanvaḥ pāti;
prāṇam eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇaṃ yajamāne dadhāti
Narāśaṃsaṃ yajati. prajā vai naro, vāk śaṃsaḥ;
prajāṃ caiva tad vācaṃ ca prīṇāti, prajāṃ ca vācaṃ ca yajamāne dadhātī/ḷo
yajaty. annaṃ vā iḷo;
'nnam eva tat prīṇāty, annaṃ yajamāne dadhāti
barhir yajati. paśavo vai barhiḥ;
paśūn eva tat prīṇāti, paśūn yajamāne dadhāti
duro yajati. vṛṣṭir vai duro;
vṛṣṭim eva tat prīṇati, vṛṣṭim annādyaṃ yajamāne dadhāty
uṣāsānaktā yajaty.
ahorātre vā uṣāsānaktāhorātre eva tat prīṇāty,
ahorātrayor yajamānaṃ dadhāti
daivyā hotārā yajati.
prāṇāpānau vai daivyā hotārā;
prāṇāpānāv eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇāpānau yajamāne dadhāti
tisro devīr yajati.
prāṇo vā apāno vyānas tisro devyas;
tā eva tat prīṇāti, tā yajamāne dadhāti
Tvaṣṭāraṃ yajati.
vāg vai Tvaṣṭā, vāg ghīdaṃ sarvaṃ tāṣṭīva;
vācan, eva tat prīṇāti, vācaṃ yajamāne dadhāti
vanaspatiṃ yajati.
prāṇo vai vanaspatiḥ;
prāṇam eva tat prīṇāti, prāṇaṃ yajamāne dadhāti
svāhākṛtīr yajati.
pratiṣṭhā vai svāhākṛtayaḥ,
pratiṣṭhāyām eva tad= yajñam antataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati
tābhir yathaṛṣy āprīṇīyād. yad yathaṛṣy āprīṇāti.
yajamanam eva tad bandhutāyā notsṛjati

ii. 4 (vi. 4). With the Āprī verses he delights; the Āprī verses are brilliance and splendour; verily thus with brilliance and splendour he causes him to prosper. He says the offering verses for the kindling-sticks; the kindling-sticks are the breaths, for the breaths enkindle all that there is here; verily thus he delights the breaths, he places the breaths in the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for Tanūnapāt; Tanūnapāt is the breath, for he protects bodies; verily thus he delights the breath, he places the breath in the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for Narāśaṅsa ; men are offspring; praise is speech; verily thus he delights offspring and speech; offspring and speech he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the sacrificial food; the sacrificial food is food; verily thus he delights food; food he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the strew; the strew is cattle; verily thus he delights cattle; cattle he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verses for the doors; the doors are rain; verily thus he delights rain; rain and proper food he bestows upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for dawn and night; dawn and night are day and night; verily thus he delights day and night; in day and night he places the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the divine Hotṛs; the divine Hotṛs are expiration and inspiration; verily thus he delights expiration and inspiration; expiration and inspiration he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the three goddesses; the three goddesses are expiration, inspiration, and cross-breathing; verily thus he delights them; them he confers upon the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for Tvaṣṭṛ; Tvaṣṭṛ is speech, for speech creates all this as it were; verily thus he delights speech; he confers speech on the sacrificer. He says the offering verse

for the lord of the forest; the lord of the forest is the breath; verily thus he delights the breath; the breath he places in the sacrificer. He says the offering verse for the calls of Hail!; the calls of Hail! are a support; verily thus on a support at the end he establishes the sacrificer. For these should he use (verses) by the ancestral seer; in that he uses (verses) by the seer, verily thus he does not set loose the sacrificer from his connexion.