Aitareyabrahmana 2.40

2.40

pra vo devāyāgnaya iti śaṃsati. prāṇo vai pra,
prāṇaṃ hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāny anuprayanti.
prāṇam eva tat sambhāvayati, praṇaṃ saṃskurute
dīdivaṃsam apūrvyam iti śaṃsati.
mano vai dīdāya, manāso hi na kiṃ cana pūrvam asti.
mana eva tat sambhāvayati, manaḥ saṃskurute
sa naḥ śarmāṇi vītaya iti śaṃsati.
vāg vai śarma, tasmād vācānuvadantam āha:
śarmavad āsmā ayāṃsīti.
vācam eva tat sambhāvayati, vācaṃ saṃskuruta
uta no brahmann aviṣa iti śaṃsati.
śrotraṃ vai brahma, śrotreṇo hi brahma śṛṇoti,
śrotre brahma pratiṣṭhitaṃ.
śrotram eva tat sambhāvayati,
śrotraṃ saṃskurute
sa yantā vipra eṣām iti śaṃsaty.
apāno vai yantāpānena hy ayaṃ yataḥ prāṇo na parāṅ bhavaty.
apānam eva tat sambhāvayaty, apānaṃ saṃskuruta
ṛtāvā yasya rodasī iti śaṃsati.
cakṣur vā ṛtaṃ.
tasmād yataro vivadamānayor āhāham anusṭhyā cakṣuṣādarśam iti,
tasya śrad dadhati.
cakṣur eva tat sambhāvayati, cakṣuḥ saṃskurute
nū no rāsva sahasravat tokavat puṣṭimad vasv ity uttamayā paridadhāty.
ātmā vai samastaḥ sahasravāṃs tokavān puṣṭimān.
ātmānam eva tat samastaṃ sambhāvayaty, ātmānaṃ samastaṃ saṃskurute
yājyayā yajati. prattir vai yājyā, puṇyaiva lakṣmīḥ.
puṇyām eva tal lakṣmīṃ sambhāvayati, puṇyāṃ lakṣmīṃ saṃskurute
sa evaṃ vidvāṃś chandomayo devatāmayo brahmamayo 'mṛtamayaḥ
sambhūya devatā apyeti ya evaṃ veda
yo vai tad veda yathā chandomayo devatāmayo brahmamayo 'mṛtamayaḥ
sambhūyo devatā apyeti, tat suviditam
ity adhyātmam, athādhidaivatam

ii. 40 (x.8). ‘Forward to your god, Agni,’ he recites. ‘Forward’ is the breath, for all these creatures advance following after the breath; verily thus he creates the breath, he makes breath perfect. ‘Radiant, unparalleled,’ he recites; mind is radiant, for there is nothing prior to mind; verily thus he creates mind, he makes mind perfect. ‘He for us protection for our enjoyment,’ he recites; protection is speech; therefore of one following him in speech he says, ‘I have accorded him what has a protection’; verily thus he creates speech, he makes speech perfect. ‘Do thou aid us, O Brahman’ he recites; the holy power is the ear, for by the ear the holy power hears, in the ear does the holy power find support; verily thus he creates the ear, he makes the ear perfect. ‘He is the holder, the sage, of them’ he recites; the holder is inspiration, for expiration here is restrained by inspiration and departs not; verily thus he creates inspiration, he makes inspiration perfect. ‘The righteous, of whom the two worlds’ he recites; the right is the eye; therefore when two contend, whichever says ‘I actually have seen it with my eye,’ him men believe; verily thus he creates the eye, he makes the eye perfect. ‘Do thou accord us wealth with a thousand, with offspring, with prosperity’, he recites the last (verse) as concluding verse; the self when put together is possessed of a thousand, offspring, and prosperity; verily thus he creates the self as a complex, he makes the self as a complex perfect. He sacrifices with an offering verse; the offering verse is acquisition, prospering destiny; verily thus he creates a prospering destiny, he makes a prospering destiny perfect. He knowing thus, having come into being as composed of the metres, the deities, the holy power, immortality, goes to the gods, he who knows thus. If one knows how having come into being as composed of the metres, the deities the holy power, immortality, he goes to the gods, that is well known. So with regard to the self; now with regard to the deities.