Aitareyabrahmana 5.27

5.27

yasyāgnihotry upāvasṛṣṭā duhyamānopaviśet, kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
tām abhimantrayeta
yasmād bhīṣā niṣīdasi tato no abhayaṃ kridhi \
paśūn naḥ sarvān gopāya namo rudrāya mīḷhuṣa iti
tām utthāpayed
ud asthād devy aditir āyur yajñapatāv adhāt \
indrāya kriṇvatī bhāgam mitrāya varuṇaya cety
athāsyā udapātram ūdhasi ca mukhe copagṛhṇīyād,
athainām brāhmaṇāya dadyāt.
sā tatra prāyaścittir
yasyāgnihotry upāvasṛṣṭā duhyamānā vāśyeta,
kā tatra prāyaścittir ity.
aśanāyāṃ ha vā eṣa yajamānasya pratikhyāya vāśyate.
tām annam apy ādayec chāntyai, śāntir vā annaṃ.
sūyavasād bhagavatī hi bhūyā iti.
sā tatra prāyaścittir
yasyāgnihotry upāvasṛṣṭā duhyamānā spandeta, kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
sā yat tatra skandayet, tad abhimṛśya japed
yad adya dugdham pṛthivīm asṛpta yad oṣadhīr atyasṛpad yad āpaḥ \
payo gṛheṣu payo aghnyāyām payo vatseṣu payo astu tan māyiti.
tatra yat pariśiṣṭaṃ syāt, tena juhuyād yad alaṃ homāya syād
yady u vai sarvaṃ siktaṃ syād,
athānyām āhūya tāṃ dugdhvā tena juhuyād,
ā tv eva śraddhāyai hotavyāṃ.
sā tatra prāyaścittiḥ
sarvaṃ vā asya barhiṣyaṃ sarvam parigṛhītaṃ
ya evaṃ vidvān agnihotraṃ juhoti

v. 27 (xxv. 2) (They ask) ‘If the Agnihotra cow, when united (with its calf) and being milked sits down, what is the expiation then?’ He should address it with

‘That from fear of which thou dost sit down
Thence give us security;
Guard all our cattle;
Homage to Rudra, the bountiful.’

He should make her rise with

‘The goddess Aditi hath arisen, She hath bestowed life upon the lord of the sacrifice; Making good fortune for Indra, For Mitra and for Varuṇa.’

Then should he place on her udder and her mouth a pot of water, and then give her to a Brahman. That is the expiation in this case. ‘If one’s Agnihotra cow, when united and being milked, calls aloud, what is the expiation then’ (they ask). She calls aloud foreseeing hunger for the sacrifices; he should make her eat food, for expiation; food is expiation. (He says) ‘From eating the good pasture mayst thou be of good fortune’. That is the expiation in this case. ‘If one’s Agnihotra cow when united and being milked stumbles, what is the penance then?’ (they ask). If she causes any (milk) to spill, he should touch it and mutter

‘That milk which to-day hath crept over the earth
That which hath crept over the plants, the waters
The milk in the house, the milk in the cow,
The milk in the calves, that milk be mine.’

He should offer with the remainder of the milk, if it be enough for an oblation. But, if all be poured out, then he should summon another (cow) and milk her and offer with it, but there must be an offering, even if only in faith. That is the expiation in this case. All becomes for him suited for the strew, all is secured, who knowing thus offers the Agnihotra.