Aitareyabrahmana 2.3.p6

2.3.p6

still fame will fall to the Hotṛ; therefore should he move after them as he recites. Reciting this (verse ), ‘The mothers go with the paths,’ should he move after. ‘The sisters of those that sacrifice, mixing the milk with honey’ (he says) who being without taste of the honey drink desires to win fame. ‘Those that are in the sun or with which is the sun’ (he says ) who desires brilliance and splendour. ‘I invite the waters, the goddesses, where our kine drink’ (he says ) who desires cattle. Reciting all these should he move after, to win these desires. These desires he wins who knows thus. ‘They have come rich with living gifts’ he recites as the Vasatīvarī and the Ekadhanā waters are being set down; ‘They have come, the waters, eager to this strew,’ when they have been set down. With this he concludes.