Aitareyabrahmana 4.6

4.6

'Drinking your [draught] of the juice'—with an anuṣṭubh verse containing the word 'juice' he begins the night. The night belongs to the anuṣṭubh; this is the form of the night. Triṣṭubh verses containing the words 'juice', 'drunk', and 'intoxicating' are the offering verses, congruous in form. What is congruous in form in the sacrifice is fulfilled. They chant with the first round; they take up the first verses again. Whatever horses and cows were theirs, that they took from them by that. They chant with the middle round; they take up the middle verses again. Whatever carts and chariots were theirs, that they took from them by that. They chant with the last round; they take up the last verses again. Whatever garment, gold, or jewel was upon their bodies, that they took from them by that. He takes the wealth of his rival, he drives him out from all these worlds, who knows thus. They say: 'The day has a pavamāna [stotra], the night does not have a pavamāna [stotra]. How do both possess a pavamāna? Whereby do the two share equally?' In that they chant and recite: 'Pressed indeed for Indra the intoxicated,' 'This pressed juice, O Vasu,' 'For this is pressed with might'—thereby the night has a pavamāna, thereby both possess a pavamāna, thereby the two share equally. They say: 'The day has fifteen stotras, the night does not have fifteen stotras. How do both possess fifteen stotras? Whereby do the two share equally?' The night-penetrating stotras are twelve; with three deities they chant the twilight stotra on the rāthaṃtara [sāman]. Thereby the night has fifteen stotras, thereby both possess fifteen stotras, thereby the two share equally. They chant what is measured; he recites what is unmeasured. What is measured is the past, what is unmeasured is the future, for obtaining the unmeasured. He recites over the stotra. Offspring are beyond oneself, cattle are beyond. In that he recites beyond the stotra, whatever is beyond himself, that he secures by that, he secures.