Aitareyabrahmana 3.5

3.5

devapātraṃ vā etad yad vaṣaṭkāro. vaṣaṭkaroti,
devapātreṇaiva tad devatās tarpayaty
anuvaṣaṭkaroti. tad yathādo 'śvān vā gā vā punarabhyākāraṃ tarpayanty,
evam evaitad devatāḥ punarabhyākāraṃ tarpayanti yad anuvaṣaṭkarotī/mān
evāgnīn upāsata ity āhur dhiṣṇyān,
atha kasmāt pūrvasminn eva juhvati pūrvasmin vaṣaṭkurvantīti
yad eva somasyāgne vīhīty anuvaṣaṭkaroti, tena dhiṣṇyān prīṇāty
asaṃsthitān somān bhakṣayantīty āhur yeṣāṃ nānuvaṣaṭkaroti,
ko nu somasya sviṣṭakṛdbhāga iti
yad vāva somasyāgne vīhīty anuvaṣaṭkaroti,
tena iva saṃsthitān somān bhakṣayanti;
sa u eva somasya sviṣṭakṛdbhāgo. vaṣaṭkaroti

iii. 5 (xi. 5). The vaṣaṭ call is a vessel of the gods; he says the *vaṣaṭ* call; verily thus with a vessel of the gods he delights the deities. He says a second *vaṣaṭ*. Just as in this world men delight horses or cows by renewed attention, verily so they delight the deities by renewed attention in that he says the second *vaṣaṭ*. ‘These fires they worship’ they say, ‘the Dhiṣṇyas; then why do they offer in the former (fire), and say *vaṣaṭ* in the former?’ In that with ‘O Agni, enjoy the Soma’ he says the second *vaṣaṭ* call, thereby he delights the Dhiṣṇyas. ‘They partake of the Soma draughts when incomplete,’ they say ‘for whom he does not say the second *vaṣaṭ* call; what now is the portion for Sviṣṭakṛt of the Soma?’ In that with ‘O Agni, enjoy the Soma’ he says the second *vaṣaṭ* call, thereby they partake of the Soma draughts when complete; this is the Sviṣṭakṛt portion of the Soma. He says the call *vaṣaṭ*.