Aitareyabrahmana 6.18

6.18

tān vā etān sampātān Viśvāmitraḥ prathamam apaśyat,
tān Viśvāmitreṇa dṛṣṭān Vāmadevo 'sṛjatai,
vā tvām indra vajrinn atra, yan na indro jujuṣe yac ca vaṣṭi,
kathā mahām avṛdhat kasya hotur iti,
tān kṣipraṃ samapatad.
yat kṣipraṃ samapatat, tat sampātānāṃ sampātatvaṃ
sa hekṣāṃ cakre Viśvāmitro:
yān vā ahaṃ sampātān apaśyaṃ tān Vāmadevo 'sṛṣṭa,
kāni nv ahaṃ sūktāni sampātāṃs tatpratimān sṛjeyeti.
sa etāni sūktāni sampātāṃs tatpratimān asṛjata:
sadyo ha jāto vṛṣabhaḥ kanīna, indraḥ pūrbhid ātirad dāsam arkair,
imām ū ṣu prabhṛtiṃ sātaye dhā, ichanti tvā somyāsaḥ sakhāyaḥ,
śāsad vahnir duhitur naptyaṃ gād, abhi taṣṭeva dīdhayā manīṣām iti
ya eka id dhavyaś carṣaṇīnām iti Bharadvājo;
yas tigmaśṛṅgo vṛṣabho na bhīma,
ud u brahmāṇy airata śravasyeti Vasiṣṭho,
'smā id u pra tavase turāyeti Nodhās
ta ete prātaḥsavane ṣaḷahastotriyāñ chastvā
mādhyaṃdine 'hīnasūktāni śaṃsanti
tāny etāny ahīnasūktāny:
ā satyo yātu maghavām̐ ṛijīṣīti satyavan maitrāvaruno;
'smā id u pra tavase turāye,ndrāya= brahmāṇi rātatamā \
indra brahmāṇi gotamāso akrann iti brahmaṇvad brāhmaṇācchaṃsī;
śāsad vahnir -- janayanta vahnim iti vahnivad achāvākas
tad āhuh:
kasmād achāvāko vahnivad etat sūktam ubhayatra śaṃsati
parāñciṣu caivāhassv abhyāvartiṣu ceti
vīryavān vā eṣa bahvṛco, vahnivad etat suktaṃ.=
vahati ha vai vahnir dhuro yāsu yujyate.
tasmād achāvāko vahnivad etat sūktam ubhayatra śaṃsati
parāñciṣu caivāhassv abhyāvartiṣu ca
tāni pañcasv ahassu bhavanti:
caturviṃśe 'bhijiti viṣuvati viśvajiti mahāvrate.
'hīnāni ha vā etāny ahāni, na hy eṣu kiṃ cana hīyate.
parāñcīni ha vā etāny ahāny anabhyāvartīni,
tasmād enāny eteṣv ahassu śaṃsanti
yad enāni śaṃsanty:
ahīnān svargām̐l lokān sarvarūpān sarvasamṛddhān avāpnavāmeti
yad evaināni śaṃsantīndram evaitair nihvayante, yatha ṛṣabhaṃ vāśitāyai
yad v evaināni śaṃsanty, ahīnasya saṃtatyā, ahīnam eva tat saṃtanvanti

vi. 18 (xxix. 2). These Sampātas Viçvāmitra first saw; them seen by Viçvāmitra Vāmadeva created, ‘Thee, O Indra with the thunderbolt’; ‘That which of ours Indra rejoiceth in and desireth’, and ‘How? of what Hotṛ hath he made great?’ To them he swiftly moved; in that he swiftly moved (*samapatat*), that is why the Sampātas have their name. Viçvāmitra considered ‘The Sampātas which I saw Vāmadeva has created; what hymns now can I create as counter Sampātas?’ He created these hymns as Sampātas their counterparts. ‘Straightway on birth, the bull, the youngling,’ ‘Indra, breaker of citadels, overcame the Dāsa with his beams,’ ‘This offering do thou make attain,’ ‘Thy comrades, Soma-loving, desire thee,’ ‘Ordering the bearer hath gone to the grandson of the daughter’, and ‘Like a carpenter, have I fashioned a thought.’ ‘Who alone is to be invoked by mortals’ Bharadvāja (saw). ‘With sharp horns, like a terrible wild beast’, and ‘Praises have been offered in desire of glory’ Vasiṣṭha (saw). ‘To him the eager, the impetuous’ Nodhas (saw). Having recited at the morning pressing the strophes of the six-day (rite), at the midday they recite the Ahīna hymns. These are the Ahīna hymns; ‘Let the true one come hither, the bounteous, he of the Soma lees’ the Maitrāvaruṇa (recites) containing (the word) ‘true’. ‘To him the eager, the impetuous’ (this hymn) containing (the word) ‘prayer’ in ‘To Indra the prayers most truly given’ and ‘O Indra, these prayers have the Gotamas made’ the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin recites. ‘Ordering the bearer’ (this hymn) containing (the word) ‘bearer’ in ‘They have produced the bearer’ the Achāvāka recites. They say ‘Why does the Achāvāka recite this hymn containing (the word) “bearer” both in the days that go away and those that come up again?’

The knower of many Ṛcs is powerful; the hymn contains (the word) ‘bearer’; the bearer bears the yoke to which it is yoked. Therefore the Achāvāka recites in both cases this hymn containing (the word) ‘bearer’, both in the days that go away and in those that come up again. These are on five days, the Caturviñça, Abhijit, Viṣuvant, Viçvajit and Mahāvrata; these days are Ahīnas, for nothing in them is left out; these days go away without recurring; therefore they recite them on these days. In that they recite them, (they hope) ‘Let us obtain the worlds of heaven without defect, with all forms, with all perfection. In that they recite them, they invite Indra with them, like a bull to a cow. In that moreover they recite them, it is for the continuity of the Ahīna; verily thus they continue the Ahīna.