Aitareyabrahmana 6.7

6.7

Now next the concluding verses. 'May we be yours, O god Varuṇa,' is the Maitrāvaruṇa's, 'may we hold nourishment and the light of heaven.' 'Nourishment' is this world; 'the light of heaven' is yonder world; by this they take hold of both worlds. 'He traversed the intermediate space,' is the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin's; by this triplet containing the prefix 'vi' he opens up the heavenly world for them. 'In the intoxication of Soma, the shining spaces, when Indra broke Vala': these consecrated sacrificers are indeed desirous of winning; therefore this [verse] mentions Vala. 'He drove up the cows for the Aṅgirases, making manifest those that were in the cave; / he drove Vala downwards': by this he secures gain for them. 'Through Indra the shining spaces of the sky,' the heavenly world is 'through Indra the shining spaces of the sky,' 'firmly fixed and strengthened, / stable, never to be pushed away': by this they go establishing themselves day by day in the heavenly world. 'I of the two accompanied by Sarasvatī,' is the Achāvāka's. Sarasvatī is speech; he says 'of the two accompanied by speech' when he says: 'I choose the help of Indra and Agni.' That which is speech is indeed the dear abode of Indra and Agni; thereby he enriches them with their dear abode. He is enriched with a dear abode, who knows thus.