Aitareyabrahmana 3.3.p22

3.3.p22

so he should say, not ‘O Rudra’, to avoid the use of the actual name. Or rather he should recite ‘Weal for us let him make’; with ‘weal’ he begins, for weal for all. ‘For men, for women, for cows’ (he says); men are males, women are females; (verily it serves) for weal for all. This verse, being without mention (of the name of the deity) though addressed to Rudra, is appeased; with full life, for fullness of life, a full life he lives who knows thus. It is a Gāyatrī; the Gāyatrī is holy power; verily thus with the holy power he honours him.