Aitareyabrahmana 3.24

3.24

He recites the stotriya; the stotriya is the self.
He recites it with a medium voice; thereby he refines the self.
He recites the anurūpa; the anurūpa is offspring.
That anurūpa should be recited in a somewhat louder voice;
thereby he makes the offspring better than himself.
He recites the dhāyyā; the dhāyyā is the wife.
That dhāyyā should be recited in a somewhat lower voice;
his wife does not talk back in his home where, knowing thus,
he recites the dhāyyā in a lower voice.
He recites the pragātha;
it should be recited with a resonant voice.
Resonance is cattle, the pragātha is cattle, for the attainment of cattle.
He recites the hymn: 'Now I will proclaim the virile deeds of Indra.'
This indeed is Indra's dear hymn, the niṣkevalya composed by Hiraṇyastūpa.
By this hymn, indeed, Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa went to the dear abode of Indra;
he conquered the supreme world.
He goes to the dear abode of Indra, he conquers the supreme world, who knows thus.
The hymn is the home, the foundation.
It should be recited with the firmest voice.
Therefore, even if one acquires cattle far away, as it were, he desires to come with them right home;
for the home is the foundation of cattle, the foundation.