Aitareyabrahmana 6.23

6.23

athāto 'hīnasya yuktiś ca vimuktiś ca
vy antarikṣam atirad ity ahīnaṃ yuṅkta, eved indram iti vimuñcaty
āhaṃ sarasvatīvator, nūnaṃ sā ta ity ahīnaṃ yuṅkte
te syāma deva varuṇa, nū ṣṭuta iti vimuñcaty
eṣa ha vā ahīnaṃ tantum arhati ya enaṃ yoktuṃ ca vimoktuṃ ca veda
tad yac caturviṃse 'han yujyante sā yuktir,
atha yat purastād udayanīyasyātirātrasya vimucyante sa vimuktis
tad yac caturviṃse 'hann aikāhikābhiḥ paridadhyur,
atrāhaiva yajñaṃ saṃsthāpayeyur, nāhīnakarma kuryur.
atha yad ahīnaparidhānīyābhiḥ paridadhyur,
yathā śrānto 'vimucyamāna utkṛtyetaivaṃ yajamānā utkṛtyerann.
ubhayībhiḥ paridadhyus
tad yathā dīrghādhva upavimokaṃ yāyāt, tādṛk tat
saṃtato haiṣāṃ yajño bhavatī+m̐ \ vy ū muñcanta
ekāṃ dve na dvayoḥ savanayoḥ stomam atiśaṃsed
dīrghāraṇyāni ha vai bhavanti yatra bahvībhiḥ stomo 'tiśasyate
'parimitābhiḥ tṛtīyasavane.
'parimito vai svargo lokaḥ, svargasya lokasyāptyai
saṃtato hāsyābhyārabdho 'visrasto 'hīno bhavati
ya evaṃ vidvān ahīnaṃ tanute

vi. 23 (xxix. 7). Then follows the yoking and releasing of the Ahīna (rite), with ‘He traversed the atmosphere’ he yokes; with ‘So Indra’ he releases; with ‘I of the two connected with Sarasvatī’ and ‘Surely this of thee’ he yokes the Ahīna; with ‘Let us be thine, O god Varuṇa’ and ‘Chant ye’ he releases. He is worthy to weave the Ahīna who knows how to yoke and to release it. In that they are yoked on the Caturviṅça day is the yoking; in that they are released before the concluding Atirātra is the releasing. If on the Caturviṅça day they were to conclude with (the verses) of the one day (rite), they would conclude the sacrifice, and would not make it an Ahīna; if they were again to conclude with the concluding verses of the Ahīna, the sacrifice would perish, just as one wearied and not being released perishes. With both sets should they conclude. That is as if one were to go a long journey unyoking from time to time; the sacrifice becomes continuous, and yet they release (it). He should not over-recite the Soma by

more than one or two verses at the two pressings; when a Stoma is over-recited by many verses then come into existence long stretches of wild; he may use an unlimited number at the third pressing; the world of heaven is unlimited; (it serves) to obtain the world of heaven. He grasps the Ahīna continuous and firm who knowing thus performs the Ahma.