Aitareyabrahmana 4.6

4.6

pāntam ā vo andhasa ity andhasvatyānuṣṭubhā rātrīm pratipadyala
ānuṣṭubhī vai rātrir, etad rātrirūpam
andhasvatyaḥ pītavatyo madvatyas triṣṭubho yājyā bhavanty abhirūpā.
yad yajñe 'bhirūpaṃ tat samṛddham
prathamena paryāyeṇa stuvate, prathamāny eva padāni punar ādadate.
yad evaiṣām aśvā gāva āsaṃs, tad evaiṣāṃ tenādadate
madhyamena paryāyeṇa stuvate, madhyamāny eva padāni punar ādadate.
yad evaiṣām anorathā āsaṃs, tad evaiṣāṃ tenādadata
uttamena paryāyeṇa stuvata, uttamāny eva padāni punar ādadate.
yad evaiṣāṃ vāso hiraṇyam maṇir adhyātmam āsīt, tad evaiṣāṃ tenādadata
ā dviṣato vasu datte, nir enam ebhyaḥ sarvebhyo lokebhyo nudate,
ya evaṃ veda
pavamānavad ahar, ity āhur, na rātriḥ pavamānavatī:
katham ubhe pavamānavatī bhavataḥ, kena te samāvadbhājau bhavata iti
yad evendrāya madvane sutam, idaṃ vaso sutam andha,
idaṃ hy anv ojasā sutam iti stuvanti ca śaṃsanti ca:
tena rātriḥ pavamānavatī, tenobhe pavamānavatī bhavatas,
tena te samāvadbhājau bhavataḥ
pañcadaśastotram ahar, ity āhur, na rātriḥ pañcadaśastotrā:
katham ubhe pañcadaśastotre bhavataḥ, kena te samāvadbhājau bhavata iti
dvādaśa stotrāṇy apiśarvarāṇi,
tisṛbhir devatābhiḥ saṃdhinā rāthaṃtareṇa stuvate:
tena rātriḥ pañcadaśastotrā tenobhe pañcadaśastotre bhavatas,
tena te samāvadbhājau bhavataḥ
parimitaṃ stuvanty aparimitam anuśaṃsati,
parimitaṃ vai bhūtam aparimitam bhavyam, aparimitasyāvaruddhyā ity
atiśaṃsati stotram.
ati vai prajātmānam, ati paśavas.
tad yat stotram atiśaṃsati,
yad evāsyāty ātmānaṃ tad evāsyāitenāvarunddhe 'varunddhe

iv. 6 (xvi. 6). ‘Drink of the Soma juice’ with this Anuṣṭubh containing (the word) ‘Soma juice’ he begins the night; the night is connected with the Anuṣṭubh; this is the symbol of night. The offering verses contain (the words) ‘Soma juice’, ‘drink’ and ‘be drunk’, and are appropriate; what in the sacrifice is appropriate is perfect. They chant the first round; they repeat the first Padas; their horses and cows, thereby they take from them.

They chant the second round; they repeat the middle Padas; their carts and chariots, thereby they take from them. They chant the last round; they repeat the last Padas; their clothes, their gold, the jewels on their bodies, thereby they take from them. He takes the property of his foe, he repels him from all these worlds, who knows thus. ‘The day has Pavamāna (Stotras)’, they say, ‘the night has no Pavamānas; how have both Pavamānas, and through what have they equal portions?’ In that ‘To Indra, the drunken, the pressed (drink)’, ‘This Soma juice hath been pressed, O bright one’, and ‘This hath been pressed with might’ they chant and recite, thereby the night has Pavamānas; thereby the two become possessed of the Pavamānas; thereby they become of equal portions. ‘The day has fifteen Stotras’, they say, ‘the night has not fifteen Stotras; how have both fifteen Stotras and through what have both equal portions?’ The Apiçarvaras are twelve Stotras; they sing the Sandhi (Sāman) to the Rathantara with three deities; thereby the night has fifteen Stotras; thereby both have fifteen Stotras; thereby they become of equal portions. They chant a limited amount, they recite an unlimited amount, (thinking) ‘What has been is limited, what is to be is unlimited, (it serves) to win what is unlimited.’ He recites more than the Stotra; offspring is beyond the self, cattle are beyond. In that he recites beyond the Stotra, verily thereby he wins whatever in him there is beyond the self.