Aitareyabrahmana 4.2.p7

4.2.p7

iv. 10 (xvii. 4.) They say ‘Sūrya should not be passed over in recitation; the Bṛhatī should not be passed over; if he were to pass over Sūrya, he would pass over splendour; if he were to pass over the Bṛhatī, he would pass over the breaths.’ ‘O Indra bear to us inspiration’ he recites as a Pragātha to Indra. ‘Guide us, O much invoked, in this way; alive may we attain the light’ (he says); the light is yonder (sun); thereby he does not pass over Sūrya. Moreover in that it is a Pragātha in Bṛhatī, thereby he does not pass over the Bṛhatī. In ‘Towards thee, O hero, we utter praise’ he recites the basis of the Rathantara (Sāman); they chant to the Rathantara the Sandhi for the Āçvina; in that he recites the basis of the Rathantara, it is to provide the Rathantara with its basis. ‘Lord of this world, beholding the light’ (he says); yonder (sun) is he who beholds the light; thereby he does not pass over Sūrya. Moreover, in that it is a Pragātha in Bṛhatī, thereby he does not pass over the Bṛhatī. In ‘Many, sun-eyed’ he recites a Pragātha to Mitra and Varuṇa; Mitra is the day, Varuṇa the night; both day and night does he lay hold on, who undertakes the Atirātra. In that he recites a Pragātha to Mitra and Varuṇa, verily thus he establishes him in day and night. ‘Sun-eyed’ (he says); thereby he does not pass over Sūrya. Moreover, in that it is a Pragātha in Bṛhatī, thereby he does not pass over the Bṛhatī. In ‘May the two great ones, sky and earth, for us’ and ‘For they, sky and earth, all weal-producing’ he recites (two verses) to sky and earth; sky and earth