Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.5.34

28.5.34

yam vai śraiṣṭhy upahvayate /

xxviii. 6. ‘Kin or no kin, crush the foes.’ ‘The rivals beaten down in the way’ (he says); ‘Your rivals are destroyed in battle’, verily thus he says to them. ‘Conquer the attacking, conquer with the attacking’ (he says); the attacking is an army; ‘With an army an army conquer,’ verily thus he says to them. ‘May Indra hear, may Agni hearken to you’ (he says); ‘Let Indra hear you, let Agni hear’, verily thus he utters this benediction. ‘Standing forth, do ye proclaim the Soma to Indra and Agni, and do ye, O Brahmans, invite us who are Brahmans,’ verily thus he requires an invitation from all. ‘This Brahman here, or Achāvāka, desires an invitation’, the Adhvaryu says, ‘O Hotṛ, do thou invite him.’ Him the Hotṛ invites, for he is the chief sharer of them; ‘Whomever his chief invites, he indeed is invited’ Kauṣītaki used to say.