Aitareyabrahmana 8.20

8.20

indriyaṃ vā etad asmim̐l loke yad dadhi:
yad dadhnābhiṣiñcatīndriyam evāsmiṃs tad dadhāti.
raso vā eṣa oṣadhivanaspatiṣu yan madhu:
yan madhvābhiṣiñcati, rasam evāsmiṃs tad dadhāti.
tejo vā etat paśūnāṃ yad ghṛtaṃ:
yad ghṛtenābhiṣiñcati, teja evāsmiṃs tad dadhāty.
amṛtaṃ vā etad asmim̐l loke yad āpo:
yad adbhir abhiṣiñcaty, amṛtatvam evāsmiṃs tad dadhāti
so 'bhiṣikto 'bhiṣektre brāhmaṇāya hiraṇyaṃ dadyāt,
sahasraṃ dadyāt, kṣetraṃ catuṣpād dadyād.
athāpy āhur:
asaṃkhyātam evāparimitaṃ dadyād;
aparimito vai kṣatriyo 'parimitasyāvaruddhyā ity
athāsmai surākaṃsaṃ hasta ādadhāti:
svādiṣṭhayā madiṣṭhayā pavasva soma dhārayā \
indrāya pātave suta iti
tām pibed:
yad atra śiṣṭaṃ rasinaḥ sutasya yad indro apibac chacībhiḥ \
idaṃ tad asya manasā śivena somaṃ rājānam iha bhakṣāyami \\
abhi tvā vṛṣabhā sute sutaṃ sṛjāmi pītaye \
tṛmpa vy aśnuhī madam iti
yo ha vāva somapīthaḥ surāyām praviṣṭaḥ,
sa haiva tenaindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇābhiṣiktasya kṣatriyasya bhakṣito
bhavati na surā
tām pītvābhimantrayeta,pāma somaṃ, śaṃ no bhaveti
tad yathaivādaḥ priyaḥ putraḥ pitaram priyā vā jāyā
patiṃ sukhaṃ śivam upaspṛśaty ā visrasa,
evaṃ haivaitenaindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇābhiṣiktasya kṣatriyasya surā
vā somo vānyad vānnādyaṃ sukhaṃ śivam upaspṛśaty ā visrasaḥ

viii. 20 (xxxix. 6). Curds is power in this world; in that he anoints him with curds, verily thus he confers power upon him. Honey is the sap in plants and in trees; in that he anoints with honey, verily thus he confers sap upon him. Ghee is the brilliance of animals; in that he anoints with ghee, verily thus he confers brilliance upon him. Waters are the immortal in the world; in that he anoints with water, thereby he confers immortality upon him. Being anointed he should give gold to the Brahman who anoints; a thousand should he give, a field and quadrupeds; moreover they say ‘He should give an uncounted, an unlimited, guerdon; the Kṣatriya is unlimited; (it serves) to attain the unlimited.’ Then he places in his hand a bowl of Surā (saying )

‘With thy sweetest, most intoxicating
Stream be thou purified, O Soma,
Pressed for Indra to drink.’

He should drink it (saying )

‘That which is left over of the pressed juice, rich in sap
Which Indra drank mightily
Here with auspicious mind this of him,
I partake of Soma, the King.
To thee, O bull (the Soma) being pressed,
I offer the pressed juice to drink;
Rejoice and make thyself glad.’

The Soma drink which is in the Surā is what is drunk by the Kṣatriya when anointed by this great anointing of Indra; not the Surā. Having drunk it he should address it with ‘We have drunk the Soma’ and ‘Be thou propitious to us.’ Just as in the world a dear son touches a father or a dear wife a husband pleasantly and auspiciously up to decay, even so Surā or Soma or any other food in the case of a Kṣatriya anointed by the great anointing of Indra touches him auspiciously and pleasantly up to decay.