Aitareyabrahmana 7.24

7.24

athāgneyo vai devatayā kṣatriyo dīkṣito bhavati,
gāyatraś chandasā, trivṛt stomena, brāhmaṇo bandhunā.
sa hodavasyann eva kṣatriyatām abhyupaiti.
tasya hodavasyato 'gnir eva teja ādatte, gāyatrī vīryaṃ,
trivṛt stoma āyur, brāhmaṇā brahma yaśas kīrtim:
anyo vā ayam asmad bhavati, kṣatraṃ vā ayam bhavati,
kṣatraṃ vā ayam upāvartata iti vadantaḥ
so 'nūbandhyāyai samiṣṭayajuṣām upariṣṭād
dhutvāhutim āhavanīyam upatiṣṭheta
nāgner devatāyā emi, na gāyatryāś chandaso,
na trivṛtaḥ stomān, na brahmaṇo bandhor.
mā me 'gnis teja ādita, mā gāyatrī vīryam, mā trivṛt stoma āyur,
mā brāhmaṇā brahma yaśas kīrtiṃ.
saha tejasā vīryeṇāyuṣā brahmaṇā yaśasā kīrtyendraṃ
devatām upaimi triṣṭubhaṃ chandaḥ pañcadaśaṃ stomaṃ somaṃ rājānaṃ,
kṣatram prapadye kṣatriyo bhavāmi \
devāḥ pitaraḥ pitaro devā yo 'smi sa san yaje \
svam ma idam iṣṭaṃ svam pūrtaṃ svaṃ śrāntaṃ svaṃ hutam \
tasya me 'yam Agnir upadraṣṭāyaṃ Vāyur upaśrotāsāv Ādityo
'nukhyātedam ahaṃ ya evāsmi so 'smīti
tasya ha nāgnis teja ādatte na gāyatrī vīryaṃ na trivṛt stoma āyur
na brāhmaṇā brahma yaśas kīrtiṃ,
ya evam etām āhutiṃ hutvāhavanīyam upasthāyodavasyati kṣatriyaḥ san

vii. 24 (xxxiv. 6). Now the Kṣatriya has Agni for his deity, when consecrated, the Gāyatrī for his metre, the Trivṛt for his Stoma, and is the Brahman in relationship; when he concludes he assumes his Kṣatriya character; when he concludes Agni takes his brilliance, the Gāyatrī his strength, the Trivṛt Stoma his life, the Brahmans his glory and fame, saying ‘He is becoming other than we; he is becoming the lordly power; he is joining the lordly power’. After the concluding formulas of the final offering of a cow he should offer a libation and adore the Āhavanīya with

‘I depart not from Agni as my deity, nor from the Gāyatrī metre, nor from the Trivṛt Stoma, nor from the holy power as relation. Let not Agni take my brilliance, nor the Gāyatrī my strength, nor the Trivṛt Stoma my life, nor the Brahmans my holy power, glory, and fame. With brilliance, strength, life, the holy power, glory and fame, I approach Indra the deity, the Triṣṭubh metre, the Pañcadaça Stoma, Soma the king; I have recourse to the lordly power; I become a Kṣatriya.
O gods, O fathers, O fathers, O gods, I offer being he who I am.
This is my sacrifice, my gift, my toil, my offering.
Be Agni here my witness, Vāyu my hearer, Āditya yonder my proclaimer;
I who am I am I.’

Agni does not appropriate his brilliance, nor the Gāyatrī his strength, nor the Trivṛt Stoma his life, nor the Brahmans his holy power, glory and fame who having offered thus this libation and having adored the Āhavanīya concludes, being a Kṣatriya.