Aitareyabrahmana 3.24

3.24

stotriyaṃ śaṃsaty, ātmā vai stotriyas
tam madhyamayā vācā śaṃsaty, ātmānam eva tat saṃskurute
'nurūpaṃ śaṃsati, prajā vā anurūpaḥ
sa uccaistarām ivānurūpaḥ śaṃstavyaḥ,
prajām eva tac chreyasīm ātmanaḥ kurute
dhāyyāṃ śaṃsati, patnī vai dhāyyā
sā nīcaistarām iva dhāyyā śaṃstavyā
prativādinī hāsya gṛheṣu patnī bhavati yatraivaṃ vidvān
nīcaistarāṃ dhāyyāṃ śaṃsati
pragāthaṃ śaṃsati
sa svaravatyā vācā śaṃstavyaḥ.
paśavo vai svaraḥ, paśavaḥ pragāthaḥ, paśūnām avaruddhyā
indrasya nu vīryāṇī pra vocam iti sūktāṃ śaṃsati
tad vā etat priyam Indrasya sūktaṃ niṣkevalyaṃ hairaṇyastūpam.
etena vai sūktena Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa Indrasya priyaṃ dhāmopāgachat,
sa paramaṃ lokam ajayad
upendrasya priyaṃ dhāma gachati, jayati paramaṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda
gṛhā vai pratiṣṭhā sūktaṃ.
tat pratiṣṭhitatamayā vācā śaṃstavyaṃ.
tasmād yady api dūra iva paśūm̐l labhate, gṛhān evainān ājigamiṣati;
gṛhā hi paśūnām pratiṣṭhā pratiṣṭhā

iii. 24 (xii. 13). He recites the strophe; the strophe is the self; it he recites with a middle tone; verily thus he makes the self perfect. He recites the antistrophe; the antistrophe is offspring; the antistrophe is to be recited in a louder tone; verily thus he makes his offspring better than himself. He recites the inserted verse; the inserted verse is the wife; the inserted verse must be recited in a lower tone as it were; in his house his wife is not likely to answer back, when one knowing thus recites the inserted verse in a lower tone. He recites the Pragātha; it is to be recited with sonorous voice; sound is cattle, the Pragātha is cattle; (it serves) to win cattle. He recites the hymn 'I shall declare the mighty deeds of Indra.' Thus is the hymn devoted only to and dear to Indra, by Hiraṇyastūpa. By the hymn Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa went to the dear abode of Indra, he won the highest world. He goes to the dear abode of Indra, he wins the highest world who knows thus. The hymn is a house, a support. Therefore it should be recited in the most firm tone. Therefore even if a man gets cattle at a distance as it were, he desires to bring to his house; for a house is the support of cattle.