Aitareyabrahmana 8.3

8.3

tam u ṣṭuhi yo abhibhūtyojā iti sūktam abhivad abhibhūtyai rūpam
aṣāḷham ugraṃ sahamānam ābhir ity ugravat sahamānavat,
tat kṣatrasya rūpaṃ
tat pañcadaśarcam bhavaty.
ojo vā indriyaṃ vīryam pañcadaśa, ojaḥ kṣatraṃ vīryam rājanyas,
tad enam ojasā kṣatreṇa vīryeṇa samardhayati
tad bhāradvājam bhavati.
bhāradvājaṃ vai bṛhad, ārṣeyeṇa salomai/ṣa
ha vāva kṣatriyayajñaḥ samṛddho, yo bṛhatpṛṣṭhas.
tasmād yatra kvaca kṣatriyo yajeta, bṛhad eva tatra pṛṣṭhaṃ syāt.
tat samṛddham

viii. 3 (xxxvi. 3). ‘Praise him who hath force to overcome’ is the hymn; as containing (the word) ‘to’ it is a symbol of overcoming. In ‘Unsupportable, dread, enduring’ it contains (the words) ‘dread’ and ‘enduring’; it is a symbol of the lordly power. It is in fifteen verses; the Pañcadaça (Stoma) is might, power, and strength; the Rājanya is might, the lordly power, and strength; thus he makes him prosper with might, the lordly power, and strength. It is by Bharadvāja; the Bṛhat is by Bharadvāja; by reason of the authorship it is similar. That sacrifice of a Kṣatriya is perfect which has the Bṛhat for its Pṛṣṭha; therefore whenever a Kṣatriya sacrifices, the Bṛhat should be the Pṛṣṭha; that is perfect.