Aitareyabrahmana 3.31

3.31

vaiśvadevaṃ śaṃsati
yathā vai prāja evaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ.
tad yathāntaraṃ janatā evaṃ sūktāni, yathāraṇyāny evaṃ dhāyyās.
tad ubhayato dhāyyām paryāhvayate.
tasmāt tāny araṇyāni santy anaraṇyāni mṛgaiś ca vayobhiś ceti ha smāha
yathā vai puruṣa evaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ.
tasya yathāvantaram aṅgāny evaṃ sūktāni, yathā parvāṇy evaṃ dhāyyās.
tad ubhayato dhāyyām paryāhvayate.
tasmāt puruṣasya parvāṇi śithirāṇi santi dṛḷhāni,
brahmaṇā hi tāni dhṛtāni
mūlaṃ vā etad yajñasya yad dhāyyāś ca yājyāś ca.
tad yad anyā-anyā dhāyyāś ca yājyāś ca kuryur,
unmūlam eva tad yajñaṃ kuryus.
tasmāt tāḥ samānya eva syuḥ
pāñcajanyaṃ vā etad ukthaṃ yad vaiśvadevaṃ.
sarveṣāṃ vā etat pañcajanānām uktham:
devamanuṣyāṇāṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ sarpāṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ caiteṣāṃ
vā etat pañcajañānām ukthaṃ
sarva enam pañcajanā vidur,
ainam pañcinyai janatāyai havino gachanti ya evaṃ veda
sarvadevatyo vā eṣa hotā yo vaiśvadevaṃ śaṃsati.
sarvā diśo dhyāyec chaṃsiṣyan, sarvāsv eva tad dikṣu rasaṃ dadhāti
yasyām asya diśi dveṣyaḥ syān na tāṃ dhyāyed,
anuhāyaivāsya tad vīryam ādatte
'ditir dyaur aditir antarikṣam ity
uttamayā paridadhātīyaṃ vā Aditir iyaṃ dyaur iyaṃ antarikṣam
aditir mātā sa pitā sa putra itīyaṃ vai māteyam piteyam putro
viśve devā aditiḥ pañca janā ity, asyāṃ vai Viśve devā asyām pañcajanā
aditir jātam aditir janitvam itīyaṃ vai jātam iyaṃ janitvaṃ
dviḥ pacchaḥ paridadhāti. catuṣpādā vai paśavaḥ, paśūnām avaruddhyai.
sakṛd ardharcaśaḥ, pratiṣṭhāyā eva.
dvipratiṣṭho vai puruṣaś catuṣpādāḥ paśavo,
yajamānam eva tad dvipratiṣṭhaṃ catuṣpātsu paśuṣu pratiṣṭhāpayati
sadaiva pañcajanīyayā paridadhyāt.
tad upaspṛsan bhūmim paridadhyat.
tad yasyām eva yajñaṃ sambharati,
tasyām evainaṃ tad antataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati
viśve devāḥ śṛṇutemaṃ havam ma iti
vaiśvadevam ukthaṃ śastvā vaiśvadevyā yajati,
yathābhāgaṃ tad devatāḥ prīṇāti

iii. 31 (xiii. 7). He recites (a hymn ) to the All-gods; as are peoples, so is the Vaiçvadeva. As are the peoples within, so are the hymns; as the wastes so the inserted verses. On both sides of the inserted verse he utters the call; ‘therefore these being wastes seem not to be such by reason of the beasts and birds’ he used to say. As is a man, so is the Vaiçvadeva; as are his members within, so are the hymns; as his joints, so the inserted verses. On both sides of the inserted verse he utters the calls; therefore the joints of a man being slack are made firm, for they are made firm by the holy power. The inserted verses and the offering verses are the root of the sacrifice; if they were to use different inserted verses and offering verses, they would uproot the sacrifice; therefore they should be the same. The Vaiçvadeva litany is connected with the five folks; it is the litany of all the five folks, gods and men, Gandharvas and Apsarases, serpents and fathers; of these five folks is it the litany; all the five folks know him; to him from the fivefold folk sacrificers go who knows thus. He who recites the Vaiçvadeva is the Hotṛ connected with all the gods. Of all the quarters should he think when about to recite; verily thus in all the quarters he places sap. He should not think of that quarter in which there is one whom he should hate; by omitting it he appropriates his strength. He concludes with the last (verse ) ‘Aditi is the sky, Aditi the atmosphere’; Aditi is this (earth); the sky this (earth), the atmosphere this (earth). ‘Aditi is mother, is father, is son’ (he says); the mother is this (earth), the father this (earth), the son this (earth). ‘Aditi is the All-gods, the five folks’ (he says); in this are the All-gods, in this the five folks. ‘Aditi is what is born, Aditi is what is to be born’ (he says); what is born is this (earth); what is to be born is this (earth). He recites twice by lines the concluding (verse); cattle are four-footed; (verily it serves) to win cattle; once by half verses, for support. Man has a double support, cattle have four feet; verily thus he causes men with his double support to find support in four-footed cattle. He should always conclude with (a verse) connected with the five folks; touching the earth should he conclude. Thus in the very place where he brings together the sacrifice in that at the end he establishes it. Having recited the Vaiçvadeva litany he uses (a verse) to the All-gods as offering verse, ‘O All-gods, harken to this my call’; thus according to their portions he delights the deities.