Aitareyabrahmana 2.27

2.27

The [cups] to two deities are the vital breaths. They are drawn in a single vessel; therefore the vital breaths have a single name. They are offered in two vessels; therefore the vital breaths are in pairs. With the very yajus formula with which the adhvaryu offers, with that the hotṛ receives. He consumes the cup to Indra and Vāyu with: 'This is wealth, abundant wealth; here is wealth, abundant wealth; in me is wealth, abundant wealth. Guardian of speech, protect my speech! Invited is speech along with breath; may speech along with breath invite me! Invited are the divine seers, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body; may the divine seers invite me, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body.' The vital breaths are the divine seers, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body; it is them that he thus invites. He consumes the cup to Mitra and Varuṇa with: 'This is wealth, finding wealth; here is wealth, finding wealth; in me is wealth, finding wealth. Guardian of the eye, protect my eye! Invited is the eye along with the mind; may the eye along with the mind invite me! Invited are the divine seers, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body; may the divine seers invite me, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body.' The vital breaths are the divine seers, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body; it is them that he thus invites. He consumes the cup to the Aśvins with: 'This is wealth, gathered wealth; here is wealth, gathered wealth; in me is wealth, gathered wealth. Guardian of hearing, protect my hearing! Invited is hearing along with the self; may hearing along with the self invite me! Invited are the divine seers, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body; may the divine seers invite me, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body.' The vital breaths are the divine seers, protectors of the body, born from ascetic heat for the body; it is them that he thus invites. He consumes the cup to Indra and Vāyu from east to west; therefore the incoming and outgoing breaths are in front. He consumes the cup to Mitra and Varuṇa from east to west; therefore the two eyes are in front. He consumes the cup to the Aśvins turning it all around; therefore humans and animals hear speech speaking from every direction.