Aitareyabrahmana 6.10

6.10

athāha:
yad aindro vai yajño, 'tha kasmād dvād eva prātaḥsavane
prasthitānām pratyakṣād aindrībhyāṃ yajato hotā caiva brāhmaṇāccḥaṃsi
ce,daṃ te somyam madhv iti hotā yajatī,ndra tvā vṛṣabhaṃ vayaṃ iti
brāhmaṇācchaṃsī, nānāde atyābhir itare:
kathaṃ teṣām aindryo bhavantīti
mitraṃ vayaṃ havāmaha iti maitrāvaruṇo yajati, varuṇaṃ somapītaya iti.
yad vai kiṃca pītavat padaṃ
tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇāti
maruto yasya hi kṣaya iti potā yajati,
sa sugopātamo jana itīndro vai gopās,
tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇāty
agne patnīr ihā vaheti neṣṭā yajati,
tvaṣṭāraṃ somapītaya itīndro vai Tvaṣṭā,
tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇāty
ukṣānnāya vaśānnāyety āgnīdhro yājati,
somapṛṣṭhāya vedhasa itīndro vai vedhas,
tad aindraṃ rūpaṃ, tenendram prīṇati
prātaryāvabhir ā gataṃ devebhir jenyāvasū \ indrāgnī somapītaya iti
svayaṃsamṛddhāchāvākāsyai/vam
u haitā aindryo bhavanti
yan nānādevatyās, tenānyā devatāḥ prīṇāti
yad u gāyatryas, tenāgneyya
etad u haitābhis trayam upāpnoti

vi. 10 (xxviii. 2). Further he says ‘Seeing that the sacrifice is for Indra, then why do two only at the morning pressing use as offering verses for the Prasthita (libations) verses manifestly addressed to Indra, namely the Hotṛ and the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin: ‘This Soma drink for thee’ is the offering verse of the Hotṛ, ‘O Indra, thee as a bull we’ is that of the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin. The others use (verses) to various deities; how are their verses connected with Indra?’ The Maitrāvaruṇa uses as offering verse ‘Mitra we hail’; ‘Varuṇa for the Soma drinking’ (he says); whatever Pada contains (the word) ‘drink’ is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. The Potṛ uses as offering verse ‘O Maruts, in whose dwelling’; ‘He is best protected of men’ (he says); the protector is Indra; this is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. ‘O Agni, bring hither the wives’ the Neṣṭṛ uses as offering verse; ‘Tvaṣṭṛ to the Soma drinking’ (he says); Tvaṣṭṛ is Indra; this is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra. ‘To him whose food is the ox, whose food the cow’ the Agnīdh uses as offering verse; ‘Soma-backed, the creator’ (he says); the creator is Indra; this is a symbol of Indra; thereby he delights Indra.

‘Come hither with those that move at dawn,
The gods, ye that have excellent wealth,
Indra and Agni, to the Soma drinking’;

is the offering verse of the Achāvāka, being in itself perfect. So are these verses to Indra; in that they are addressed to various deities, thereby he delights the other deities. In that they are in Gāyatrī, thereby they are connected with Agni; these three with them he obtains.