Aitareyabrahmana 3.38

3.38

svāduṣ kilāyam madhumām̐ utāyam itīndrasyaindrīr anupānīyāḥ śaṃsaty.
etābhir vā Indras tṛtīyasavanam anvapibat, tad anupānīyānām anupānīyātvam
mādyantīva vai tarhi devatā yad etā hotā śaṃsati,
tasmād etāsu madvat pratigīryaṃ
yayor ojasā skabhitā rajāṃsīti vaiṣṇuvāruṇīm ṛcaṃ śaṃsati.
Viṣṇur vai yajñasya duriṣṭam pāti Varuṇaḥ sviṣṭaṃ,
tayor ubhayor eva śāntyai
viṣṇor nu kaṃ vīryāṇi pra vocam iti vaiṣṇavīṃ śansati.
yathā vai matyam, evaṃ yajñasya Viṣṇus.
tad yathā duṣkṛṣṭaṃ durmatīkṛtaṃ sukṛṣṭaṃ sumatīkṛtaṃ kurvann iyād,
evam evaitad yajñasya duṣṭutaṃ duḥśastaṃ suṣṭutaṃ suśastaṃ kurvann eti
yad etāṃ hotā śaṃsati
tantuṃ tanvan rajaso bhānum anv ihīti prājāpatyāṃ śaṃsati.
prajā vai tautuḥ, prajām evāsma etat saṃtanoti
jyotiṣmataḥ patho rakṣa dhiyā kṛtān iti.
devayānā vai jyotiṣmantaḥ panthānas, tān evāsmā etad vitanoty.
anulbaṇaṃ vayata joguvām apo manur bhava janayā daivyaṃ janam ity
evainaṃ tan Manoḥ prajayā saṃtanoti prajātyai
prajāyate prajayā paśubhir ya evam vedai/vā
na indro maghavā virapśīty uttamayā paridadhātīyaṃ
vā Indro maghavā virapśī
karat satyā carṣaṇīdhṛd anarvetīyaṃ vai satyā carṣaṇīdhṛd anarvā
tvaṃ rājā januṣāṃ dhehy asme itīyaṃ vai rājā januṣām
adhi śravo māhinaṃ yaj jaritra itīyaṃ vai māhinaṃ
yajñaḥ śravo yajamāno jaritā, yajamānāyaivaitām āśiṣam āśāste
tad upaspṛśan bhūmim paridadhyāt.
tad yasyām eva yajñaṃ sambharati,
tasyām evainaṃ tad antataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayaty
agne marudbhiḥ śubhayadbhir ṛkvabhir ity
āgnimārutam ukthaṃ śastvāgnimārutyā yajati,
yathābhāgaṃ tad devatāḥ prīṇāti prīṇāti

iii. 38 (xiii. 14). ‘Sweet indeed is he, full of honey is he’, he recites (verses to) Indra for the drinking after of Indra; by these Indra drank after (the other gods) the third pressing; that is why (the verses) for the drinking after have their name. The deities become drunk as it were in that the Hotṛ recites these verses; therefore in their case the response (of the

Adhvaryu) should contain (the word) 'be drunk'. 'By whose might the regions are established', this verse to Mitra and Varuṇa he recites; Viṣṇu guards what is ill offered in the sacrifice, Varuṇa what is well offered; verily (it serves) to appease them both. 'I will proclaim the mighty deeds of Viṣṇu', (this verse ) to Viṣṇu he recites. As is a roller, so is Viṣṇu to the sacrifice. Just as one may keep making well ploughed and well rolled what has been ill ploughed and ill rolled, so, in that the Hotṛ recites this verse, he keeps making well sung and well recited what has been ill sung and ill recited in the sacrifice. 'Weaving the web from the darkness follow to the light', (this verse ) to Prajāpati he recites; the web is offspring; verily thus he weaves the web of offspring for him. 'Guard the paths, full of light, wrought by prayer' (he says); the paths full of light are those that go to the gods; verily thus he extends them for him. With 'Weave without a flaw the works of the singers; be Manu, bring to birth the divine folk' verily he extends him with the offspring of Manu, for generation. He is propagated with offspring and cattle who knows thus. 'Do thou to us, the generous one, Indra, the resplendent', with this last (verse ) he concludes; the generous one, Indra, the resplendent, is this (earth); 'May he make true (blessings), supporter of the folk, the unequalled' (he says); the true, supporter of the folk, the unequalled is this (earth); 'Do thou, king of beings, confer upon us' (he says); the king of beings is this (earth). 'The great fame that is a singer's' (he says); great is this (earth); fame is the sacrifice; the singer is the sacrificer; verily thus he invokes this benediction for the sacrificer. Touching the earth should he say the conclusion; verily thus in the very same place in which he gathers together the sacrifice, in that he establishes it at the end. Having recited the Āgnimāruta litany he recites (a verse ) to Agni and the Maruts as offering verse 'O Agni with the Maruts brilliant and resounding'; thus according to their portions he delights the gods.