Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.7

2.7.1

rātrir eva ahan juhoty aho rātrau /

Night offers itself into day, day into night.

2.7.2

prāṇa eva apāne juhoty apānaḥ prāṇe /

Prāṇa offers itself into apāna, apāna into prāṇa.

2.7.3

tāni vā etāni ṣaḍ juhvaty anyonya ātmānam / (agnihotra)

These six indeed offer themselves into one another.

2.7.4

sa ya etāni ṣaḍ juhvati veda /

He who knows these six that offer themselves,

2.7.5

ajuhvata eva asya agnihotram hutam bhavati /

even if he does not offer, his Agnihotra is offered;

2.7.6

juhvata eva asya dvir hutam bhavati ya evam eva /

and if he offers, it is offered twice for him who knows thus.

2.7.7

sa yadi ha vā api suruśād evam vidvān agnihotram juhoti / (agnihotra)

Even if one knowing thus offers the Agnihotra from a distance,

2.7.8

prati ha eva asya ete devā āhutī gṛhṇanti /

these gods indeed accept his two oblations.

2.7.9

yasyo ha vā api devāḥ sakṛd aśnanti / (agnihotra)

And from whomever the gods eat even once,

2.7.10

tata eva so amṛtaḥ /

from that very moment he is immortal.

2.7.11

satyamayo ha vā amṛtamayaḥ sambhavati ya evam veda / (agnihotra)

He becomes composed of truth and composed of immortality, who knows thus.

2.7.12

tad yathā ha vai śraddhād.(.eva asya.).satya vādinas tapasvino hutam bhavati /

Just as the offering of one who has faith, speaks truth, and practices austerity is truly offered,

2.7.13

evam ha eva asya hutam bhavati / (agnihotra)

so indeed is it offered for him,

2.7.14

ya evam vidvān agnihotram juhoti /

who offers the Agnihotra knowing thus.

2.7.15

tasmād evaṃvid agnihotram juhuyād iti /

Therefore one who knows thus should offer the Agnihotra.

2.7.16

udite hotavyam anudita iti mīmāṃsante / (agnihotra)

They deliberate: "Should the offering be made after sunrise or before sunrise?"

ii. 9. ‘Should the offering be made when the sun has risen, or before it is risen?’ they debate. He who offers when the sun has risen thus offers hospitality to the great god when gone on a journey. He who offers when the sun has not risen, thus offers hospitality to the great god when close at hand. Therefore the offering should be made when the sun has not risen.