Aitareyabrahmana 7.1: adhyāya 31, khaṇḍaḥ 1

7.1

athātaḥ paśor vibhaktis, tasya vibhāgaṃ vakṣyāmo
hanū sajihve prastotuḥ, śyenaṃ vakṣa udgātuḥ,
kaṇṭhaḥ kākudraḥ pratihartur, dakṣiṇā śroṇir hotuḥ,
savya brahmaṇo, dakṣiṇaṃ sakthi maitrāvaruṇasya,
savyam brāhmaṇācchaṃsino, dakṣiṇam pārśvaṃ sāṃsam adhvaryoḥ,
savyam upagātṝṇāṃ, savyo 'ṃsaḥ pratiprasthātur, dakṣiṇaṃ dor neṣṭuḥ,
savyam potur, dakṣiṇa ūrur achāvākasya,
savya āgnīdhrasya, dakṣiṇo bāhur ātreyasya,
savyaḥ sadasyasya, sadaṃ cānūkaṃ ca gṛhapater,
dakṣiṇau pādau gṛhapater vratapradasya,
savyau pādau gṛhapater bhāryāyai vratapradasyau,ṣṭha
enayoḥ sādhāraṇo bhavati, taṃ gṛhapatir eva praśiṃṣyāj.
jāghanīm patnībhyo haranti, tām brāhmaṇāya dadyuḥ.
skandhyāś ca manikās tisraś ca kīkasā grāvastutas,
tisraś caiva kīkasā ardhaṃ ca vaikartasyonnetur,
ardhaṃ caiva vaikartasya klomā ca śamitus.
tad brāhmaṇāya dadyād, yady abrāhmaṇaḥ syāc.
chiraḥ subrahmaṇyāyai, yaḥ śvaḥsutyām prāha tasyājinam,
iḷa sarveṣāṃ hotur vā
tā vā etāḥ ṣaṭtriṃśatam ekapā yajñaṃ vāhanti.
ṣaṭtriṃśadakṣarā vai bṛhatī, bārhatāḥ svargā lokāḥ.
prānāṃś caiva tat svargāṃś ca lokān āpnuvanti,
prāṇeṣu caiva tat svargeṣu ca lokeṣu pratitiṣṭhanto yanti
sa eṣa svargyaḥ paśur ya enam evaṃ vibhajanty
atha ye 'to 'nyathā,
tad yathā selagā vā pāpakṛto vā paśuṃ vimathnīraṃs tādṛk tat
tāṃ vā etām paśor vibhaktiṃ Śrautaṛṣir= Devabhāgo vidāṃ cakāra,
tām u hāprocyaivāsmāl lokād uccakrāma
tām u ha Girijāya Bābhravyāyāmanuṣyaḥ provāca.
tato hainām etadarvāṅ manuṣyā adhīyate 'dhīyate

vii. 1 (xxxi. 1). Now regarding the division of the sacrificial animal; we shall declare the division. The two jaws along with the tongue belong to Prastotṛ; the breast in eagle shape to the Udgātṛ, the palatal part of the throat to the Pratihartṛ, the right loin to the Hotṛ, the left to the Brahman, the right thigh to the Maitrāvaruṇa, the left to the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin, the right side with the shoulder to the Adhvaryu, the left to the Upagātṛs, the left shoulder to the Pratipasthātṛ, the right lower foreleg to the Neṣṭṛ, the left to the Potṛ, the right foreleg to the Achāvāka, the left to the Agnīdh, the right upper foreleg to the Ātreya, the left to the Sadasya, the seat and spine to the householder, the two right feet to the man who gives the fast milk to the householder, the two left feet to him who gives the fast milk to the wife of the householder, the lip is common to the two; this the householder should leave over. They take the tail to the wives, but they should give it to a Brahman. The fleshy growth on the neck and three ribs belong to the Grāvastut; three ribs and half the flesh to the Unnetṛ, the other half of the flesh and the lungs to the slaughterer; it he should give to a Brahman, if he is not a Brahman. The head belongs to the Subrahmaṇyā priest, the skin to him who declares the pressing on the next day; the sacrificial food to all or to the Hotṛ. These thirty-six each

of one foot support the sacrifice; the Bṛhatī has thirty-six syllables; the worlds of heaven are connected with the Bṛhatī; verily thus they obtain the breaths and the worlds of heaven; verily thus they proceed finding support in the breaths and in the worlds of heaven. It is a heavenly victim for those who thus divide it. But those who do it otherwise, it is as if robbers or evildoers should rend an animal. This division of the victim Çrautarṣi Devabhāga knew; but he left the world without proclaiming it. But it is a superhuman being proclaimed to Girija Bābhravya; since that time on men study it.