Aitareyabrahmana 4.4

4.4

mahānāmnīnām upasargān upasṛjaty
ayaṃ vai lokaḥ prathamā mahānāmny antarikṣaloko dvitīyāsau lokas tṛtīyā.
sarvebhyo vā eṣa lokebhyaḥ saṃnirmito yat ṣolaśī.
tad yan mahānāmnīnām upasargān upāsṛjati,
sarvebhya evainaṃ tal lokebhyaḥ saṃnirmimīte.
sarvebhyo lokebhyaḥ saṃnirmitena ṣoḷaśinā rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
pra-pra vas triṣṭubham iṣam, arcata prārcata,
yo vyatīm̐r aphāṇayad iti prajñātā anuṣṭubhaḥ śaṃsati.
tad yatheha ceha cāpathena caritvā panthānam paryaveyāt,
tādṛk tad yat prajñātā anuṣṭubhaḥ śaṃsati
sa yo vyāpto gataśrīr iva manyetāvihṛtaṃ ṣoḷaśinaṃ śaṃsayen:
nec chandasāṃ kṛchrād avapadyā ity.
atha yaḥ pāpmānam apajighāṃsuḥ syād, vihṛtaṃ ṣoḷasinaṃ śaṃsayed.
vyatiṣakta iva vai puruṣaḥ pāpmanā,
vyatiṣaktam evāsmai tat pāpmānaṃ śamalaṃ hanty
apa pāpmānaṃ hate ya evaṃ vedo/d
yad bradhnasya viṣṭapam ity uttamayā paridadhāti.
svargo vai loko bradhnasya viṣṭapam,
svargam eva tal lokaṃ yajamānaṃ gamayaty
apāḥ pūrveṣāṃ harivaḥ sutānām iti yajati
sarvebhyo vā eṣa savanebhyaḥ saṃnirmito yat ṣoḷaśī.
tad yad:
apāḥ pūrveṣāṃ harivaḥ sutānām iti yajati,
pītavad vai prātaḥsavanam, prātaḥsavanād evainaṃ tat saṃnirmimīte
'tho idaṃ savanaṃ kevalaṃ ta iti.
mādhyaṃdinaṃ vai savanaṃ kevalam,
mādhyaṃdinād evainaṃ tat savanāt saṃnirmimīte
mamaddhi somam madhumantam indreti.
madvad vai tṛtīyasavanaṃ, tṛtīyasavanād evainaṃ tat saṃnirmimīte
satrā vṛṣañ jaṭhara ā vṛṣasveti.
vṛṣaṇvad vai ṣoḷaśino rūpaṃ.
sarvebhyo vā eṣa savanebhyaḥ saṃnirmito yat ṣoḷaśī.
tad yad:
apāḥ pūrveṣāṃ harivaḥ sutānām iti yajati,
sarvebhya evainaṃ tat savanebhyaḥ saṃnirmimīte
sarvebhyaḥ savanebhyaḥ saṃnirmitena ṣoḷaśinā rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda
mahānāmnīnām pañcākṣarān upasargān upasṛjaty ekādaśākṣareṣu pādeṣu.
sarvebhyo vā eṣa chandobhyaḥ saṃnirmito yat ṣoḷaśī.
tad yan mahānāmnīnām pañcākṣarān upasargān upasṛjaty ekādaśākṣareṣu pādeṣu,
sarvebhya evainaṃ tac chandobhyaḥ saṃnirmimīte
sarvebhyaś chandobhyaḥ saṃnirmitena ṣoḷaśinā rādhnoti ya evaṃ veda

iv. 4 (xvi. 4). He adds the additions of the Mahānāmnīs. The first Mahānāmnī is this world, the second the world of the atmosphere, the third yonder world. The Ṣoḍaçin is fashioned out of all the worlds; in that he adds the additions of the Mahānāmnīs, verily thus he fashions it from all the worlds. With the Ṣoḍaçin fashioned out of all the worlds he prospers who knows thus. In 'Forward for you the Triṣṭubh sap', 'Praise, praise forth', and 'He who hath made to bound the steeds' he recites as normal Anuṣṭubhs. As one who has wandered here and there out of his path comes back to the path, so it is in that he recites normal Anuṣṭubhs. He who considers himself complete and at the height of prosperity should make him recite the Ṣoḍaçin without intermingling, (thinking) 'Let me not fall, through the misery of the metres.' But he, who is desirous of removing evil, should make him recite the Ṣoḍaçin with intermingling; man is, as it were, intertwined with evil; verily thus he smites away the evil stain which is intertwined for him; evil he smites away who knows thus. 'When up to the place of the bright one', with this last he concludes; the place of the bright one is the world of heaven; verily thus he causes the sacrificer to go to the world of heaven. 'Thou hast drunk of the ancient draughts, O lord of the bays' he uses as offering verse ; the Ṣoḍaçin is fashioned out of all the pressings; in that he uses as offering verse 'Thou hast drunk of the ancient draughts, O lord of the bays', and the morning pressing contains (the word) 'drink', verily thus he fashions it out of the morning pressing. 'Now let this pressing be thine only' (he says); the midday pressing (is Indra's) only; verily thus he fashions it from the midday pressing. 'Be drink with the Soma, rich in honey, O Indra' (he says); the third pressing contains (the words) 'be drunk'; verily thus he fashions it out of the third pressing.

‘Do thou ever, O courser, press into thy belly’ (he says); that which contains (the word) ‘courser’ is a symbol of the Ṣoḍaçin; the Ṣoḍaçin is fashioned out of all the pressings; in that he uses as offering verse ‘Thou hast drunk of the ancient draughts, O lord of the bays’, verily thus he fashions it out of all the pressings. With the Ṣoḍaçin fashioned out of all the pressings he prospers who knows thus. He adds five-syllable additions of the Mahānāmnīs to Pādas of eleven syllables; the Ṣoḍaçin is fashioned out of all the metres; in that he adds four-syllable additions of the Mahānāmnīs to Pādas of eleven syllables, verily thus he fashions it out of all the metres. With the Ṣoḍaçin fashioned out of all the metres he prospers who knows thus.