Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.1.20

2.1.20

tasmādd hi imau lokau saha santau nānā iva / (agnihotra)

ii. 1. In that (there is performed) the Agnihotra the cauldron here is heated. Now he who makes heat yonder is yonder cauldron; verily him thus he delights. He offers in the evening and in the morning, to Agni in the evening, to Sūrya in the morning; the day is connected with Sūrya, the night with Agni; verily thus at the beginning he delights day and night. With milk should he offer; milk is the sap of all the plants; verily so with all kinds of sap he delights the fires. As to this they say: ‘He may offer any kind of food; all this is Agni’s food; so with their own food he delights the fires. Having put (it) over the Gārhapatya, he should offer in the Āhavanīya; the Gārhapatya is the fire for cooking, the Āhavanīya that for offering; therefore having put (it) over the Gārhapatya, he should offer in the Āhavanīya. He makes the embers have their ends apart; verily thus he severs these two worlds; therefore these two worlds though being together are as it were separate. Now in that he lights up (the fire) after putting (the milk) over it, thus he makes it cooked. In that he brings up the waters, and the waters are complete, all the oblations become complete; verily (they serve) to complete the oblation. In that a second time he lights up, verily thus he cooks the waters. Thrice he sets down the vessel for the offering and removes it northwards, to make a threefold characteristic, for threefold is the performance for the gods. Without spilling should he take (it); thus the sacrificer is not likely to fall into ruin. Then with the poking-stick he touches the embers