Aitareyabrahmana 5.23

5.23

te tataḥ sarpanti, te sadaḥ samprapadyante.
yathāyatham anya ṛtvijo vyutsarpanti, saṃsarpanty udgātāras,
te Sarparājñyā ṛkṣu stuvata
iyaṃ vai Sarparājñīyaṃ hi sarpato rājñīyaṃ vā alomikevāgra āsīt.
saitam mantram apaśyad:
āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd iti.
tām ayam pṛśnir varṇa āviśan nānārūpo,
yaṃ-yaṃ kāmam akāmayata
yad idaṃ kiṃcauṣadhayo vanaspatayaḥ sarvāṇi rūpāṇi
priśnir enaṃ varṇa āviśati nānārūpo, yaṃ-yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayate ya evaṃ veda
manasā prastauti manasodgāyati manasā pratiharati, vācā śaṃsati
vāk ca vai manaś ca devānām mithunaṃ.
devānām eva tan mithunena mithunam avarundhate,
devānām mithunena mithunam prajāyante prajātyai.
prajāyate prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ vedā/tha
caturhotṝn hotā vyācaṣṭe, tad eva tat stutam anuśaṃsati
devānāṃ vā etad yajñiyaṃ guhyaṃ nāma yac caturhotāras.
tad yac caturhotṝn hotā vyācaṣṭe,
devānām eva tad yajñiyaṃ guhyaṃ nāma prakāśaṃ gamayati,
tad enam prakāśaṃ gatam prakāśam gamayati.
gachati prakāśaṃ ya evaṃ veda
yam brāhmaṇam anūcānaṃ yaśo narched,
iti ha smāhāraṇyam paretya darbhastambān udgrathya
dakṣiṇato brahmāṇam upaveśya caturhotṝn vyācakṣīta
devānāṃ vā etad yajñiyaṃ guhyaṃ nāma yac caturhotāras.
tad yac caturhotṝn vyācakṣīta,
devānām eva tad yajñiyaṃ guhyaṃ nāma prakāśaṃ gamayati,
tad enam prakāśaṃ gatam prakāśaṃ gamayati.
gachati prakāśaṃ ya evaṃ veda

v. 23 (xxiv. 4) They creep thence; they go to the Sadas; the other priests creep out severally according to their wont; the Udgātṛs creep together. They chant to the verses of the serpent queen. The serpent queen is this (earth), for this (earth) is the queen of what creeps; this (earth) in the beginning was bare; she saw this spell 'The dappled bull hath come'; this dappled colour, of various forms, entered her; whither she desired, whatever there is here, plants, birds all forms (entered her). The dappled colour enters him with various forms, whatever he desires who knows thus. With mind he utters the prelude, with mind he sings, with mind he responds; with voice he recites. Speech and mind are a pairing of the gods, verily thus with a pairing of the gods they win a pairing, by a pairing of the gods they are propagated in pairings; (verily it serves) for propagation; he is propagated with offspring and cattle who knows thus. Then the Hotṛ recites the Four Hotṛs; verily thus he accompanies in recitation the song. The Four Hotṛs are the sacrificial, secret name of the gods; in that the Hotṛ recites the Four Hotṛs, verily thus he reveals the sacrificial, secret name of the gods; that revealed reveals him. He is revealed who knows thus. 'That Brahman, to whom, though learned, fame does not come', he used to say, 'having gone into the wild should gather a bunch of Darbha grass, points upward, and, placing to his right

a Brahman, recite the Four Hotṛs; the Four Hotṛs are the sacrificial, secret name of the gods; if he were to recite the Four Hotṛs, he thus reveals the sacrificial, secret name of the gods; that revealed reveals him; he is revealed who knows thus.'