Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.2.6_2

26.2.6_2

yat pākatrā manasā dīna dakṣā na yajñasya manvate martyāsaḥ agniṣ ṭadd hotā kratuvid vijānan yajiṣṭho devām ṛtuśo yajāti iti yac ca āha saṃsthite yajñe ayāḍ.(.ayād.).yajñam jātavedā ity ayākṣīd imam yajñam jātavedā iti tad āha antaraḥ pūrvo asmin niṣadya iti yad āha agnir ha daivo hotā mānuṣādd hotuḥ pūrvo niṣadya yajata iti tad āha āśiṣam eva uttareṇa ardharcena vadati pūrvayā vā ṛcā / (soma: chandomāh)

xxvi. 6. 'If that in poverty of mind, with feeble intellect,

Men think not of the sacrifice, Then Agni the Hotṛ skilled in the offering, well knowing, Most skilled to offer, to the gods shall offer in due season.’ In that also, when the sacrifice is completed, he says ‘The All-knower hath offered the sacrifice,’ he says ‘The All-knower hath offered this sacrifice.’ In that he says ‘Having sat down before us,’ he says ‘Agni, as divine Hotṛ, having sat down before the human Hotṛ sacrifices.’ Verily with the second half verse or the first verse he utters a benediction.