Aitareyabrahmana 7.23

7.23

athaindro vai devatayā kṣatriyo bhavati,
traiṣṭubhaś chandasā, pañcadaśaḥ stomena,
somo rājyena, rājanyo bandhunā.
sa ha dīkṣamāṇa eva brāhmaṇatām abhyupaiti yat kṛṣṇājinam adhyūhati,
yad dīkṣitavrataṃ carati, yad enam brāhmaṇā abhisaṃgachante.
tasya ha dīkṣamāṇasyendra evendriyam ādatte, triṣṭub vīryam,
pañcadaśaḥ stoma āyuḥ, somo rājyam, pitaro yaśas kīrtim:
anyo vā ayam asmad bhavati, brahma vā ayam bhavati,
brahma vā ayam upāvartata iti vadantaḥ
sa purastād dīkṣāyā āhutiṃ hutvāhavanīyam upatiṣṭheta
nendrād devatāyā emi, na triṣṭubhaś chandaso, na pañcadaśat stomān,
na somād rājño, na pitryād bandhor.
mā ma Indra indriyam ādita, mā triṣṭub vīryam,
mā pañcadaśaḥ stoma āyur, mā somo rājyam, mā pitaro yaśas kīrtiṃ.
sahendriyeṇa vīryeṇāyuṣā rājyena yaśasā bandhunāgnim upaimi
gāyatrīṃ chandas trivṛtaṃ stomaṃ somaṃ rājānam,
brahma prapadye brāhmaṇo bhavāmīti
tasya ha nendra indriyam ādatte na triṣṭub vīryaṃ na pañcadaśaḥ
stoma āyur na somo rājyaṃ na pitaro yaśas kīrtiṃ,
ya evam etām āhutiṃ hutvāhavanīyam upasthāyā dīkṣate kṣatriyaḥ san

vii. 23 (xxxiv. 5). Now the Kṣatriya has Indra as his deity, the Triṣṭubh as his metre, the Pañcadaça as his Stoma, and is Soma in kingship, the Rājanya in relationship. Being consecrated he attains Brahmanhood in that he puts on the black antelope’s skin, in that he performs the vow of one

consecrated, in that Brahmans come around him. As he is being consecrated Indra takes his power, the Triṣṭubh his strength, the Pañcadaça Stoma his life, the Soma his kingdom, the fathers his fame and renown, saying ‘He is becoming other than we; he is becoming the holy power; he is joining the holy power’. He should offer a libation before the consecration and adore the Āhavanīya (saying)

‘I depart not from Indra as my deity, nor from the Triṣṭubh metre, nor the Pañcadaça Stoma, nor Soma the king, nor my relationship with the fathers. Let not Indra take my power, nor the Triṣṭubh my strength, nor the Pañcadaça Stoma my life, nor Soma my kingdom, nor the fathers my glory and fame. With my power, strength, life, kingdom, glory, relationship, I approach Agni, the Gāyatrī metre, the Trivṛt Stoma, Soma the king; I have recourse to the holy power; I become a Brahman.’

Indra does not appropriate the power, nor the Triṣṭubh the strength, nor the Pañcadaça Stoma the life, nor Soma the kingdom, nor the fathers the glory and fame of him who having offered thus this libation and having adored the Āhavanīya consecrates himself, being a Kṣatriya.