Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.5.21

13.5.21

yajamānam eva tad anṛṇatāyai sampramuñcanti / (soma: soma bheda vicāra)

release the sacrificer from indebtedness. The first eating is that of (the cups) for two deities, then the sacrificial food, then the Hotṛ's goblet. The cakes are the body of the sacrificer, (the cups) for two deities are the breaths; the sacrificial food is cattle and food; by food are the breaths and the body combined. Therefore the first eating is of (the cups) for two deities, then sacrificial food, then the Hotṛ's bowl. Them he gives to the Adhvaryu; he does not let go (thinking) ‘(The cups) for two deities are breaths; let me not let go the breaths.’ Twice he eats of (the cup) for Indra and Vāyu, for twice he utters the vaṣaṭ call for it; once of (the cup) for Mitra and Varuṇa, once for that for the Açvins. Turning it round on all sides he eats of that for the Açvins, for by the ear he hears on all sides. The dregs he pours down on the Hotṛ's bowl; verily thus he makes them sharers in the sacrificial food.