Aitareyabrahmana 6.22

6.22

apa prāca indra viśvām̐ amitrān iti
maitrāvaruṇaḥ purastāt sūktānām ahar-ahaḥ śaṃsaty
apāpāco abhibhūte nudasva \
apodīco apa śūrādharāca urau yathā tava śarman mademety
abhayasya rūpam, abhayam iva hi yann ichati
brahmaṇā te brahmayujā yunajmīti brāhmaṇācchaṃsy ahar-ahaḥ śaṃsati.
yunajmīti yuktavatī, yukta iva hy ahīno, 'hīnasya rūpam
uruṃ no lokam anu neṣi vidvān ity achāvāko 'harahaḥ śaṃsaty.
anu neṣity, etīva hy ahīno, 'hīnasya rūpaṃ
neṣīti satrāyaṇarūpaṃ
tā vā etā ahar-ahaḥ śasyante
samānībhiḥ paridadhyur
okaḥsārī haiṣām Indro yajñam bhavatī+ṃ \
yatha ṛṣabho vāśitāṃ yathā vā gauḥ prajñātaṃ goṣṭham,
evaṃ haiṣām Indro yajñam aiva gachati
na śunaṃhuvīyayāhīnasya paridadhyāt.
kṣatriyo ha rāṣṭrāc cyavate, yo haiva paro bhavati, tam abhihvayati

vi. 22 (xxix. 6). ‘O Indra drive away all our enemies in front’ the Maitrāvaruṇa recites day by day before the hymns:

‘Drive away those behind, O overpowering one, Drive away those to the north, O hero, those below to the south That we may delight in thy wide protection’

(he says); it is a symbol of freedom from fear; for he desires as he proceeds freedom from fear. ‘Those yoked with prayer, I yoke with prayer’ the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin recites day by day; in ‘I yoke’ it contains (the word) yoke, since the Ahīna is yoked as it were; (therefore) it is a symbol of the Ahīna. ‘To wide space thou leadest us after knowing’ the Achāvāka recites day by day; since the Ahīna goes as it were, (the words) ‘Thou leadest after’ are a symbol of the Ahīna; (the words) ‘Thou leadest’ are a symbol of the proceeding of the sacrificial session. These are recited day by day. They should conclude with the same verses; Indra is a home-goer as regards their sacrifice; as a bull to the cow, or as a cow to its well-known place of pasture, so does Indra come to their sacrifice. He should not conclude with the ‘Prosperity let us invoke’ verse the Ahīna (hymn); the Kṣatriya departs from his kingdom; his rival he then summons.