Aitareyabrahmana 2.3.p5

2.3.p5

These Bhṛgu saw, ‘These waters are in conflict.’ Them with this verse he brought into harmony, ‘Some come together, others come up.’ They came into harmony; in harmony they support his sacrifice who knows thus. ‘Like the waters divine they come up to the vessel of the offering’ he recites when they are being poured together into the Hotṛ’s goblet, both the Vasatīvarī and the Ekadhanā (waters). ‘Hast thou seen the waters, O Adhvaryu?’ the Hotṛ asks the Adhvaryu; the sacrifice is the waters; verily thus he says ‘Hast thou seen the sacrifice?’ ‘Yea, they have indeed condescended’ the Adhvaryu replies; verily thus he says ‘Look upon them.’ ‘In these, O Adhvaryu, shalt thou press for Indra the Soma rich in honey, full of rain, bitter at the end, thick meanwhile, for him with the Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas, the Ṛbhus, the Vibhus, with Vāja, with Bṛhaspati, with the All-gods, of which having drunk, Indra shall slay the foes; he shall overcome their tribes’; (so saying) he rises to meet (them); the waters are to be met; men rise to meet a superior when he comes; therefore is he to rise to meet them. He must turn round behind them; they turn round behind a superior; therefore must he turn round behind them. As he recites he should move after them; for even if another be the sacrificer