Aitareyabrahmana 8.11

8.11

pary ū ṣu pra dhanva vājasataye pari vṛtrā -
bhūr brahma prāṇam amṛtam prapadyate
'yam asau śarma varmābhayaṃ svastaye \
saha prajayā saha paśubhir -
ṇi sakṣaṇir dviṣas taradhyā ṛṇayā na īyase svāhā \\
ano hi tvā sutaṃ soma madāmasi mahe sama -
bhuvo brahma prāṇam amṛtam prapadyate
'yam asau śarma varmābhayaṃ svastaye \
saha prajayā saha paśubhi -
ryarājye vājām̐ abhi pavamāna pra gāhaśe svāhā \\
ajījano hi pavamāna sūryaṃ vidhāre śa -
svar brahma prāṇam amṛtam prapadyate
'yam asau śarma varmābhayaṃ svastaye \
saha prajayā saha paśubhiḥ -
kmanā payo gojīrayā raṃhamāṇaḥ puraṃdhyā svāhety
anārto ha vā ariṣṭo 'jītaḥ sarvāto guptas trayyai vidyāyai rūpeṇa
sarvā diśo 'nusaṃcaraty aindre loke pratiṣṭhito,
yasmā etā ṛtvig antataḥ kaṃsena caturgṛhītās
tisra ājyāhutīr aindrīḥ prapadaṃ juhoty
athāntataḥ prajātim āśāste gavām aśvānām puruṣāṇām:
iha gāvaḥ pra jāyadhvam ihāśvā iha pūruṣāḥ \
iho sahasradakṣiṇo vīras trātā ni ṣīdatv iti
bāhur ha vai prajayā paśubhir bhavati
ya evam etām antataḥ prajātim āśāste gavām aśvānām puruṣāṇām
eṣa ha vāva kṣatriyo 'vikṛṣṭo, yam evaṃvido yājayanty
atha ha taṃ vy eva karṣante -
yathā ha vā idaṃ niṣādā vā selagā vā pāpakṛto vā vittavantam puruṣam
araṇye gṛthītvā kartam anvasya vittam ādāya dravanty,
evam eva ta ṛtvijo yajamānaṃ kartam anvasya vittam ādāya dravanti -
yam anevaṃvido yājayanty
etad dha sma vai tad vidvān āha Janamejayaḥ Pārikṣita:
evaṃvidaṃ hi vai mām evaṃvido yājayanti.
tasmād aham jayāmy abhītvarīṃ senāṃ, jayāmy abhītvaryā senayā.
na mā divyā na mānuṣya iṣava ṛchaniy,
eṣyāmi sarvam āyuḥ, sarvabhūmir bhaviṣyāmīti
na ha vā enaṃ divyā na mānuṣya iṣava ṛchanty,
eti sarvam āyuḥ, sarvabhūmir bhavati, yam evaṃvido yājayanti yājayanti

‘Do thou pour forth for the winning of strength; the foe around—
_Bhūḥ_; the holy power, breath, immortality, this N. N. approacheth, protection, guarding, freedom from fear, for safety, with offspring, with cattle—
overcoming:
To overwhelm the foe thou movest like one taking payment for a debt; hail!

In thee when pressed, O Soma, we delight, in the great— _Bhuvaḥ_; the holy power, breath, immortality, this N. N. approacheth, protection, guarding, freedom from fear, for safety, with offspring, with cattle— kingship of concourse: For the booty, O purifying one, thou dost plunge; hail! Thou hast brought to life, O purifying one, the sun; in the pail— _Svar_; the holy power, breath, immortality, this N. N. approacheth, protection, guarding, freedom from fear, for safety, with offspring, with cattle— with might the milk; In eagerness with the milk that is thy living gift; hail!’

Free from harm and injury, unoppressed, protected on every side, by the form of the threefold knowledge he wanders through all the quarters, finding support in the world of Indra, for whom the priest at the end offers those three libations of butter in four portions with the bowl, in the Prapad manner. Then at the end he invokes propagation for cows, horses, and men with

‘Here ye cows, be ye propagated,
Here ye horses, here ye men;
Here with a thousand fees to give
Let the hero, the protector, sit down.’

He becomes multiplied with offspring and cattle who thus at the end invokes the propagation of cows, horses, and men. This Kṣatriya is never brought low, for whom those knowing thus sacrifice, But they bring him low for whom they sacrifice not knowing thus: just as outcasts, or robbers, or evildoers, seizing a wealthy man in the wild, fling him into a pit and run away taking his wealth, so these priests fling the sacrificer into a pit and run away taking his wealth. Knowing this Janamejaya Pārikṣita used to say ‘Those who know thus sacrifice for me who know thus; therefore I conquer the assailing host, I conquer with an assailing host. Me neither the arrows of heaven nor of men reach. I shall live all my life, I shall become lord of all the earth.’ Him neither divine nor human arrows reach, he lives all his life, he becomes lord of all the earth, for whom men, knowing thus, sacrifice.