Aitareyabrahmana 3.48

3.48

atha devīnāṃ
Sūryāya puroḷāśam ekakapālaṃ. yaḥ Sūryaḥ sa Dhātā, sa u eva vaṣaṭkāro
dive caruṃ. yā dyauḥ sānumatiḥ, so eva gāyatry. Uṣase caruṃ.
yoṣāḥ sā Rākā, so eva triṣṭub. gave caruṃ.
yā gauḥ sā Sinīvālī, so eva jagatī. pṛthivyai caruṃ.
yā pṛthivī sā Kuhūḥ, so evānuṣṭub
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 bhavati 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 āhuḥ:
Sūryam eva sarvāsām purastāt-purastād ājyena pariyajet,
tad āsu sarvāsu mithunaṃ dadhātīti.
tad u vā āhur:
jāmi vā etad yajñe kriyate, yatra samānībhyām ṛgbhyāṃ samāne 'han yajatīti.
yadi ha vā api bahvya iva jāyāḥ, patir vāva tāsām mithunaṃ.
tad yad āsāṃ Sūryam purastād yajati, tad āsu sarvāsu mithunaṃ dadhāti
tā yā imās tā amūr yā amūs tā imā,
anyatarābhir vāva taṃ kāmam āpnoti ya etāsūbhayīṣu
tā ubhayīr gataśriyaḥ prajātikāmasya saṃnirvapen
na tv eṣiṣyamāṇasya
yad enā eṣiṣyamāṇasya saṃnirvaped, īśvaro hāsya vitte devā arantor:
yad vā ayam ātmane 'lam amaṃsteti
tā ha Śucivṛkṣo Gaupalāyano
Vṛddhadyumnasyābhipratāriṇasyobhayīr yajñe saṃniruvāpa.
tasya ha rathagṛtsaṃ gāhamānaṃ dṛṣṭvovācettham
aham asya rājanyasya devikāś ca devīś cobhayīr yajñe samamādayaṃ,
yad asyetthaṃ rathagṛtso gāhata iti.
catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ kavacinaḥ śaśvad dhāsya te putranaptāra āsuḥ

iii. 48 (xv. 4). Now as regards the goddesses. To Sūrya (he should offer) a cake on eleven potsherds; Sūrya is Dhātṛ, and he is also the vaṣaṭ call. To sky (he should offer) a pap; the sky is Anumati; she is also the Gāyatrī. To Uṣas (he should offer) a pap; Uṣas is Rākā; she is also the Triṣṭubh. To the cow (he should offer) a pap; the cow is Sinīvālī; she is also the Jagatī. To earth (he should offer) a pap. Earth is Kuhū; she is also 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 Sūrya before each of these he should 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 used 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 all of them he offers to Sūrya, he makes pairing in all of them. Those here are those yonder; those yonder are those here; by either set he obtains the desire which is in both. Both sets he should offer for one desiring propagation who has attained prosperity, but not for one who is seeking it. If he were to offer them together for one who is seeking only, the gods would be liable to be ill pleased in his gains since ‘he has thought he has enough’. Çucivṛkṣa Gaupalāyana offered both together at the sacrifice of Vṛddhadyumna Ābhipratāriṇa. He (Çucivṛkṣa Gaupalāyana) having seen his skilled charioteer plunging (in the water) said ‘Here for this king I have delighted together at the sacrifice both the minor deities and the goddesses in that his skilled charioteer plunges.’ Sixty-four armed warriors assuredly were his sons and grandsons.