Aitareyabrahmana 3.30

3.30

ārbhavaṃ śaṃsaty
Ṛbhavo vai deveṣu tapasā somapītham abhyajayaṃs.
tebhyaḥ prātaḥsavane 'vācikalpayiṣaṃs,
tān Agnir Vasubhiḥ prātaḥsavanād anudata.
tebhyo mādhyaṃdine savane 'vācikalpayiṣaṃs,
tān Indro Rudrair mādhyaṃdināt savanād anudata.
tebhyas tṛtīyasavane 'vācikalpayiṣaṃs, tān Viśve devā anonudyanta:
neha pāsyanti neheti.
sa Prajāpatir abravīt Savitāraṃ:
tava vā ime 'ntevāsās, tvam evaibhiḥ sampibasveti.
sa tathety abravīt Savitā, tān vai tvam ubhayataḥ paripibeti.
tān Prajāpatir ubhayataḥ paryapibat
te ete dhāyye anirukte prājāpatye śasyete abhita ārbhavaṃ:
surupakṛtnum ūtaye, 'yaṃ venaś codayat pṛśnigarbhā iti.
Prajāpatir evaināṃs tad ubhayataḥ paripibati.
tasmād u śreṣṭhī pātre rocayaty eva yaṃ kāmayate taṃ
tebhyo vai devā apaivābībhatsanta manuṣyagandhāt,
ta ete dhāyye antaradadhata:
yebhyo mātai, vā pitra iti

iii. 30 (xiii. 6) He recites (a hymn) to the Ṛbhus ; the Ṛbhus by fervour among the gods won the drinking of Soma. For them they desired to arrange it at the morning pressing; them Agni with the Vasus repelled from the morning pressing. For them they sought to arrange it at the midday pressing; them Indra with the Rudras repelled from the midday pressing. For them they desired to arrange it at the third pressing; them the All-gods energetically repelled, (saying) ‘They shall not drink here, not here.’ Prajāpati said to Savitṛ ‘These are thy pupils; do thou drink together with them.’ ‘Be it so,’ replied Savitṛ, ‘Do thou drink round them on both sides.’ Prajāpati drank round them on both sides; these two inserted verses without mention (of the deity), intended for Prajāpati, are recited round (the hymn) for the Ṛbhus, ‘The maker of fair forms for aid’ and ‘Let Vena here impel those born of Pṛçni’; verily thus does Prajāpati drink on both sides of them. Therefore does one of high rank honour at his table him whom he desires. The gods had loathing of those because of the human

scent; they interposed these inserted verses ‘In whom the mother’ and ‘To the father’.