Aitareyabrahmana 8.7

8.7

athainam udumbaraśākhām antardhāyābhiṣiñcatī/mā
āpaḥ śivatamā imāḥ sarvasya bheṣajīḥ \
imā rāṣṭrasya vardhanīr imā rāṣṭrabhṛto 'mṛtāḥ \\
yābhir indram abhyaṣiñcat prajāpatiḥ somaṃ rājānaṃ varuṇaṃ yamam manum \
tābhir adbhir abhiṣiñcāmi tvām ahaṃ rājñāṃ tvam adhirājo bhaveha \\
mahāntaṃ tvā mahīnāṃ samrājaṃ carṣaṇīnāṃ devī janitry ajījanad
bhadrā janitry ajījanad
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bāhubhyām pūṣṇo hastābhyām
agnes tejasā suryasya varcasendrasyendriyeṇābhiṣiñcami \
balāya śriyai yaśase 'nnādyāya
bhūr iti ya iched imam eva praty:
annam adyād ity, atha ya iched dvipuruṣam bhūr bhuva ity,
atha ya ichet tripuruṣaṃ vāpratimaṃ vā bhūr bhuvaḥ svar iti
tad dhaika āhuḥ:
sarvāptir vā eṣā yad etā vyāhṛtayo,
'tisarveṇa hāsya parasmai kṛtam bhavatīti;
tam etenābhiṣiñced:
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bābubhyām pūṣṇo
hastabhyām agnes tejasā sūryasya varcasendrasyendriyeṇābhiṣiñcāmi \
balāya śriyai yaśase 'nnādyāyeti
tad u punaḥ paricakṣate:
yad asarveṇa vāco 'bhiṣikto bhavatīśvaro ha tu purāyuṣaḥ praitor,
iti ha smāha Satyakāmo Jābālo,
yam etābhir vyāhṛtibhir nābhiṣiñcantītī/śvaro
ha sarvam āyur aitoḥ, sarvam āpnod vijayenety u ha smāhoddālaka Āruṇir,
yam etābhir vyāhṛtibhir abhiṣiñcantīti.
tam etenaivābhiṣiñced:
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bāhubhyām pūṣṇo hastabhyām
agnes tejasā sūryasya varcasendrasyendriyeṇābhiṣiñcāmi \
balāya śriyai yaśase 'nnādyāya bhūr bhuvaḥ svar ity
athaitāni ha vai kṣatriyād ījānād vyutkrāntāni bhavanti:
brahmakṣatre ūrg annādyam apām oṣadhīnāṃ
raso brahmavarcasam irā puṣṭiḥ prajātiḥ,
kṣatrarūpaṃ tad, atho annasya rasa oṣadhīnāṃ kṣatram pratiṣṭhā.
tad yad evāmū purastād āhutī juhoti, tad asmin brahmakṣatre dadhāti

viii. 7 (xxxvii. 3). Then he anoints him, placing the Udumbara branch between, with

‘These waters are most auspicious,
These healing all,
These prosper the realm,
These support the realms and are immortal.
With these by which Prajāpati anointed Indra,
Soma the king, Varuṇa, Yama, Manu,
With these waters I anoint thee,
Do thou become here the overking of kings.
Thee great, of the great
People the ruler,
The lady, thy mother, bore
The noble lady, thy mother bore.
On the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Açvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, with the brilliance of Agni, with the radiance of the sun, with the power of Indra I anoint thee, for might, for prosperity, for glory, for the eating of food.’

With _bhūḥ_ (he concludes) if he desire of him ‘May he eat food’; with _bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ_, if he desire thus of him with two descendants; with _bhūḥ_,

bhuvah, svar if he desire thus of him with three descendants, or without rivals. Some say ‘These exclamations are an obtaining of all; by using too much it is performed by him for another.’ He should anoint him with this (formula)

‘On the instigation of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Açvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, with the brilliance of Agni, with the radiance of the sun, with the power of Indra I anoint thee, for might, for prosperity, for glory, for the eating of food.’

This again they reject. ‘If he is anointed without the whole of speech, he is liable to depart before his day’, Satyakāma Jābāla used to say, ‘whom they do not anoint with these exclamations.’ ‘He is liable to live the whole of his life, and to obtain all by conquest’, Uddālaka Āruṇi used to say, ‘whom they anoint with these exclamations. Him he should anoint with this (formula)

‘On the instigation of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Açvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, with the brilliance of Agni, with the radiance of the sun, with the power of Indra I anoint thee, for might, for prosperity, for glory, for the eating of food; bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svar.’

These things have departed from a Kṣatriya who has sacrificed; the holy power and the lordly power, strength, the eating of food, the sap of the plants and the waters, splendour, refreshment, growth and propagation; moreover, as this is a symbol of the lordly power, the sap of food, the lordly power of the plants and support. In that he offers beforehand these two libations, thus he confers on him the holy power and the lordly power.