Aitareyabrahmana 2.9

2.9

sa vā eṣa paśur evālabhyate yat puroḷāśas
tasya yāni kiṃśārūṇi tāni romāṇi, ye tuṣāḥ sā tvag,
ye phalīkaraṇās tad asṛg, yat piṣṭaṃ kiknasās tan māṃsaṃ,
yat kiṃ cit kaṃsāraṃ tad asthi
sarveṣāṃ vā eṣa paśūnām medhena yajate, yaḥ puroḷāśena yajate
tasmād āhuḥ: puroḷāśasatraṃ lokyam iti
yuvam etāni divi rocanāny agniś ca soma sakratū adhattam \
yuvaṃ sindhūm̐r abhiśaster avadyād agnīṣomāv amuñcataṃ gṛbhītān iti
vapāyai yajati
sarvābhir vā eṣa devatābhir ālabdho bhavati, yo dīkṣito bhavati.
tasmād āhur: na dīkṣitasyāśnīyād iti.
sa yad agnīṣomāv amuñcataṃ gṛbhītān iti vapāyai yajati,
sarvābhya eva tad devatābhyo yajamānam pramuñcati.
tasmād āhur: aśitavyaṃ vapāyāṃ hutāyāṃ, yajamāno hi sa tarhi bhavatīty
ānyaṃ divo mātariśvā jabhāreti puroḷāśasya yajaty
amathnād anyam pari śyeno adrer itīta iva ca hy eṣa
ita iva ca medhaḥ samāhṛto bhavati
svadasva havyā sam iṣo didīhīti puroḷaśasviṣṭakṛto yajati
havir evāsmā etat svadayatīṣam ūrjam ātman dhatta
iḷām upahvayate. paśavo vā iḷā,
paśūn eva tad upahvayate, paśūn yajamāne dadhāti

ii. 9 (vi. 9). The cake (which is offered) is the victim which is killed; the chaff of it is the hairs, the husks the skin, the polishings the blood, the pounded grains and fragments the flesh, whatever is substantial the bone. With the sap of all animals he sacrifices who sacrifices with the cake. Therefore they say, ‘The cake offering is the people’s sacrificial session.’ ‘Ye two, Agni and Soma, of joint power, have placed These constellations in the sky; Ye too the rivers from unspeakable misfortune, O Agni and Soma, set free when fast held;’ this offering verse he says for the omentum. By all these deities is he seized who becomes consecrated. Therefore they say ‘He should not eat (the food) of one consecrated.’ In that he says as offering verse for the omentum ‘O Agni and Soma ye set free when fast held’, verily thus from all the deities he sets the sacrificer free. Therefore they say ‘One should eat when the omentum has been offered, for he then becomes the sacrificer.’ ‘Another from the sky Mātariçvan bore’ he says as offering verse for the cake. ‘Another from the mountain the eagle pressed out’, (he says) for hence as it were is he, hence is the sap gathered. ‘Make ready the oblations, shape food forth’ he uses as offering verse for the Sviṣṭakṛt of the cake (offering). Verily thus he makes ready the oblation for him and places sap and strength in himself. He invokes the sacrificial food; the sacrificial food is cattle; verily thus he invokes cattle; he confers cattle on the sacrificer.