Aitareyabrahmana 3.47

3.47

chandāṃsi vai devebhyo havyam ūḍhvā śrāntāni jaghanārdhe
yajñasya tiṣṭhanti, yathāśvo vāśvataro vohivāṃs tiṣṭhed evaṃ.
tebhya etam maitrāvaruṇam paśupuroḷāśam anu devikāhavīṃṣi nirvaped
Dhātre puroḷāśaṃ dvādaśakapālaṃ.
yo Dhātā sa vaṣaṭkāro
'numatyai caruṃ. yānumatiḥ sā gāyatrī
Rākāyai caruṃ. yā Rākā sā triṣṭup
Sinīvālyai Caruṃ. yā Sinīvālī sā jagatī.
Kuhvai caruṃ. yā Kuhūḥ sānuṣṭub
etāni vāva sarvāṇi chandāṃsi: gāyatraṃ traiṣṭubhaṃ jāgatam ānuṣṭubham,
anv anyāny, etāni hi yajñe pratamām iva kriyanta
etair ha vā asya chandobhir yajataḥ sarvaiś chandobhir iṣṭam bhavāti
ya evaṃ veda
tad vai yad idam āhuḥ: sudhāyāṃ ha vai vājī suhito dadhātīti.
chandāṃsi vai tat, sudhāyāṃ ha vā enaṃ chandāṃsi dadhaty
ananudhyāyinaṃ lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda
tad dhaika āhur:
Dhātāram eva sarvāsām purastāt-purastād ājyena pariyajet,
tad āsu sarvāsu mithunaṃ dadhātīti
tad u vā āhur:
jāmi vā etad yajñe kriyate,
yatra samānībhyām ṛgbhyaṃ samāne 'han yajatīti
yadi ha vā api bahvya iva jāyāḥ, patir vāva tāsām mithunaṃ.
tad yad āsāṃ Dhātāram purastād yajati, tad āsu sarvāsu mithunaṃ dadhātī/ti
nu devikānām

iii. 47 (xv. 3). The metres having carried the oblation to the gods being wearied stand at the back part of the sacrifice; just as if a horse or a mule stands having carried (its load). He should offer to them the oblations to the minor deities after the cake of the animal (offering) to Mitra and Varuṇa, To Dhātṛ (he should offer) a cake on twelve potsherds; Dhātṛ is the _vaṣaṭ_ call. To Anumati (he should offer) a pap; Anumati is the Gāyatrī. To Rākā (he should offer) a pap; Rākā is the Triṣṭubh. To Sinīvālī (he should offer) a pap; Sinīvālī is the Jagatī. To Kuhū (he should offer) a pap; Kuhū is the Anuṣṭubh. These are all the metres; Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī, Anuṣṭubh; on (them) the others (depend), for these are performed most prominently at the sacrifice. By means of these metres the sacrificer sacrifices with all the metres, who knows thus. This is why they say ‘A horse, well loaded, gives (its rider) comfort’; this is the metres; the metres place him in comfort. A world which misses nothing he wins who knows thus. Now some say ‘To Dhātṛ in front of each of these (deities) should he offer with butter; thus in all of them he makes pairing.’ As to this they say ‘There is tediousness in the sacrifice when on the same day he uses the same verses as offering verses.’ Even if there are many wives as it were, one husband is a pair with them. In that before them all he offers to Dhātṛ, he makes pairing in all of them. So now for the minor deities.