Aitareyabrahmana 2.2.p4

2.2.p4

ii. 12 (vii. 2). Having forced out its omentum they bring it up; the Adhvaryu covering it with butter from the dipping ladle says, ‘Recite for the drops.’ In that the drops are dropped, (it is because he thinks) ‘The drops are connected with all the deities; let these not, undelighted by me, go to the gods.’ ‘Rejoice in the most extending’ he recites. ‘This speech most pleasing to the gods, offering the oblations in thy mouth’ (he says); verily thus he offers them in the mouth of Agni. ‘This our sacrifice place among the immortals’, this hymn he recites. In ‘Rejoice in these oblations, O all-knower’ he invokes rejoicing in the oblations. ‘Of the drops, O Agni, of fat, of ghee’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. ‘O Hotṛ, eat first seated’ (he says); Agni is the Hotṛ of the gods; verily thus he says ‘O Agni, eat, first seated.’ ‘Rich in ghee, O purifying one, for thee the drops of fat are dropped’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. In ‘Bestow upon us in thy wont that most worthy thing meet for the enjoyment of the gods’ he invokes a benediction. ‘To thee, the sage, the drops drop ghee, O Agni, who art to be appeased’ (he says), for they drop ghee. In ‘As best seer art thou kindled; do thou become the helper of the sacrifice’ he invokes the perfecting of the sacrifice. ‘For thee they drop, O Adhrigu, O mighty one, the drops, O Agni, of fat and of ghee’ (he says), for they are of fat and of ghee. ‘Praised by the poet with great blaze hast thou come; rejoice in the oblations, O wise one’, with this he invokes rejoicing in the oblations.