Aitareyabrahmana 6.32

6.32

chandasāṃ vai ṣaṣṭhenāhnāptānāṃ raso 'tyanedat.
sa Prajāpatir abibhet:
parāṅ ayaṃ chandasāṃ raso lokān atyeṣyatīti.
tam parastāc chandobhiḥ paryagṛhnān:
nārāśaṃsyā gāyatryā, raibhyā triṣṭubhaḥ,
pārikṣityā jagatyāḥ, kāravyayānuṣṭubhas.
tat punaś chandassu rasam adadhāt
sarasair hāsya chandobhir iṣṭam bhavati,
sarasaiś chandobhir yajñaṃ tanute ya evaṃ veda
nārāśaṃsīḥ śaṃsati.
prajā vai naro vāk śaṃsaḥ, prajāsv eva tad vācaṃ dadhāti.
tasmād imāḥ prajā vadantyo jāyante.
ya evaṃ veda yad eva nārāśaṃsī+ḥ \
śansanto vai devāś ca ṛṣayaś ca svargaṃ lokam āyaṃs,
tathaivaitad yajamānāḥ śaṃsanta eva svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti
tāḥ pragrāhaṃ śaṃsati yathā Vṛṣākapiṃ, vārṣākapaṃ hi,
Vṛṣākapes tan nyā yam eti
tāsu na nyūṅkhayen, nīvaiva nardet, sa hi tāsāṃ nyūṅkho
raibhīḥ śaṃsati
rebhanto vai devāś ca ṛṣayaś ca svargaṃ lokam āyaṃs,
tathaivaitad yajamānā rebhanta eva svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti
tāḥ pragrāhaṃ śaṃsati yathā Vṛṣākapiṃ,
vārṣākapaṃ hi, Vṛṣākapeś tan nyāyam eti.
tāsu na nyūṅkhayen, nīvaiva nardet, sa hi tāsāṃ nyūṅkhaḥ
pārikṣitīḥ śaṃsaty
Agnir vai parikṣid, Agnir hīmāḥ prajāḥ parikṣety,
Agniṃ hīmāḥ prajāḥ parikṣiyanty
Agner eva sāyujyaṃ sarūpatāṃ salokatām aśnute ya evaṃ veda
yad eva pārikṣitī3ḥ \
saṃvatsaro vai parikṣit, saṃvatsaro hīmāḥ prajāḥ parikṣeti,
saṃvatsaraṃ hīmāḥ prajāḥ parikṣiyanti
saṃvatsarasyaiva sāyujyaṃ sarūpatāṃ salokatām aśnute ya evaṃ veda.
tāḥ pragrāhaṃ śaṃsati yathā Vṛṣākapiṃ, vārṣākapaṃ hi,
Vṛṣākapes tan nyāyam eti.
tāsu na nyūṅkhayen, nīvaiva nardet, sa hi tāsāṃ nyūṅkhaḥ
kāravyāḥ śaṃsati
devā vai yat kiṃca kalyāṇaṃ karmākurvaṃs tat kāravyābhir āpnuvaṃs,
tathaivaitad yajamānā yat kiṃca kalyāṇaṃ karma kurvanti
tat kāravyābhir āpnuvanti
tāḥ pragrāhaṃ śaṃsati yathā Vṛṣākapiṃ, vārṣākapaṃ hi,
Vṛṣākapes tan nyāyam eti.
tāsu na nyūṅkhayet=, nīvaiva nardet, sa hi tāsāṃ nyūṅkho
diśāṃ kḷptīḥ śaṃsati.
diśa eva tat kalpayati
tāḥ pañca śaṃsati.
pañca vā imā diśaś, catasras tiraścya, ekordhvā
tāsu na nyūṅkhayen nevaiva ca ninarden:
ned imā diśo nyuṅkhayānīti
tā ardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati, pratiṣṭhāyā eva
janakalpāḥ śaṃsati.
prajā vai janakalpā, diśa eva tat kalpayitvā tāsu prajāḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati
tāsu na nyūṅkhayen nevaiva ca ninarden:
ned imāḥ prajā nyūṅkhayānīti.
tā ardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati, pratiṣṭhāyā eve/ndragāthāḥ
śaṃsatīndragāthābhir vai devā asurān abhigāyāthainān atyāyaṃs,
tathaivaitad yajamānā indragāthābhir evāpriyam
bhrātṛvyam abhigāyāthainam atiyanti
tā ardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati, pratiṣṭhāyā eva

vi. 32 (xxx. 6). When the metres had been obtained by the sixth day the sap poured over; Prajāpati was afraid 'This sap of the metres going away

will go over the worlds. It he grasped around from above with the metres, that of the Gāyatrī with the Nārāçaṅsī, that of the Triṣṭubh with the Raibhī, that of the Jagatī with the Pārikṣitī, that of the Anuṣṭubh with the Kāravyā. Thus he placed again the sap in the metres. He sacrifices with metres full of sap, with metres full of sap he extends the sacrifice who knows thus. He recites the Nārāçaṅsī (verses); men are offspring, praise is speech; verily thus he places speech in offspring; therefore offspring here are born speaking (for him), who knows thus. As to the Nārāçaṅsīs, by reciting the gods and the seers went to the world of heaven; verily thus also the sacrificers by reciting go to the world of heaven. These he recites taking apart, as (he recites) the Vṛṣākapi (hymn); for it is connected with the Vṛṣākapi; thus it follows the rule of the Vṛṣākapi. In them he should not say the sound _o_; he should accent specially, for it is their sound _o_. He recites the Raibhī (verses); the gods and the seers making a noise went to the world of heaven; verily thus the sacrificers making a noise go to the world of heaven. These he recites taking apart, like the Vṛṣākapi, for it is connected with the Vṛṣākapi; thus it follows the rule of the Vṛṣākapi. In them he should not say the sound _o_; he should accent specially, for it is their sound _o_. He recites the Parikṣit (verses); Parikṣit is Agni, for Agni dwells around (_pari kṣeti_) these creatures; for round Agni these creatures dwell; he attains union and identity of form and world with Agni who knows thus. As to these being Parikṣit (verses), Parikṣit is the year, for the year dwells round these creatures, for round the year these creatures dwell. He attains union and identity of form and world with the year who knows thus. These he recites taking apart, like the Vṛṣākapi, for it is connected with the Vṛṣākapi; thus it follows the rule of the Vṛṣākapi. In them he should not say the sound _o_; he should accent specially, for it is their sound _o_. He recites the Kāravyā (verses). Whatever good thing they did, the gods obtained with the Kāravyās; verily thus also the sacrificers obtain with the Kāravyās whatever good thing they do. These

he recites taking apart, like the Vṛṣākapi, for it is connected with the Vṛṣākapi; thus it follows the rule of the Vṛṣākapi. In them he should not say the sound *o*; he should accent specially, for it is their sound *o*. He recites the orderings of the quarters; verily thus he puts in order the quarters; five he recites; these quarters are five, four transverse, one upwards. In these he should not say the sound *o*, nor should he accent specially (thinking) ‘Let me not make to move these quarters’. These he recites by half-verses, for support. He recites the man-ordering (verses); the man-ordering (verses) are offspring; verily thus having put in order the quarters he establishes offspring in them. In these he should not say the sound *o* nor accent specially (thinking) ‘Let me not make to move these offspring’. These he recites by half-verses, for support. He recites the Indragāthās; by the singing against them of the Indragāthās, the gods overpowered the Asuras; verily thus also the sacrificers by singing the Indragāthās against the hated rival overpower him. By half-verses he recites these, for support.