Aitareyabrahmana 3.3.p9

3.3.p9

vaṣaṭ, nor eat (thinking) ‘The second vaṣaṭ call is a conclusion; eating is a conclusion; the Ādityas are the breaths; let me not bring the breaths to a conclusion.’ The Ādityas said to Savitṛ ‘With thee let us support this pressing.’ ‘Be it so’ (he replied). Therefore the strophe of the Vaiçvadeva is addressed to Savitṛ, the cup for Savitṛ is before it. He uses (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘be drunk’, and so perfect in form, as offering verse, ‘God of the home Savitṛ the delectable’; that which contains (the word) ‘be drunk’ is a symbol of the third pressing. He does not say the second vaṣaṭ nor eat, (thinking) ‘The second vaṣaṭ call is a conclusion; eating is a conclusion; Savitṛ is the breath; let me not bring the breath to a conclusion.’ Savitṛ drinks of both these pressings, the morning pressing and the third pressing. In that there is in the beginning of the Nivid to Savitṛ a sentence containing (the word) ‘drink’ and at the end one containing (the word) ‘be drunk’, verily thus he gives him a share in both pressings, the morning pressing and the third pressing. Many verses to Vāyu are recited in the morning, but one only at the third pressing; therefore the upward breaths of a man are more numerous than the lower. He recites (a hymn ) to sky and earth; sky and earth are supports; this (earth) is a support here, yonder (sun) yonder. In that he recites (a hymn) to sky and earth, verily thus he establishes him on a pair of supports.