Aitareyabrahmana 3.1

3.1

This praüga [hymn] is indeed the recitation for the cups. Nine cups are drawn in the morning; with nine [verses] they chant the bahiṣpavamāna [stotra]. When the chant is sung, he draws the tenth; the hiṅkāra is the tenth of the others. That is the matching. He recites the [section] dedicated to Vāyu; thereby the [cup] for Vāyu has a recitation. He recites the [section] dedicated to Indra and Vāyu; thereby the [cup] for Indra and Vāyu has a recitation. He recites the [section] dedicated to Mitra and Varuṇa; thereby the [cup] for Mitra and Varuṇa has a recitation. He recites the [section] dedicated to the Aśvins; thereby the [cup] for the Aśvins has a recitation. He recites the [section] dedicated to Indra; thereby the Śukra and Manthin [cups] have a recitation. He recites the [section] dedicated to the Viśve Devas; thereby the Āgrayaṇa [cup] has a recitation. He recites the [section] dedicated to Sarasvatī. There is no cup for Sarasvatī, but Sarasvatī is speech. Whatever cups are drawn by means of speech, all of them have their recitations recited and are endowed with recitations for him who knows thus.