Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 3.8.19

3.8.19

atha yat pradeśinyām iḍāyāḥ pūrvam añjanam adhara oṣṭhe nilimpate / (DpM)

iii. 7. In that he smears on the lower lip the first anointing of the sacrificial food on the forefinger, the lower lip is this world, the upper lip is yonder world, what is between the lips is the atmosphere here; therefore in that he eats, verily thus he delights these worlds continuously. In that he invokes the sacrificial food, verily thus he seeks renown among all beings. Again, the sacrificial food is food; verily thus he places food in himself; again the sacrificial food is cattle; verily (the invocation) serves to obtain cattle. On it four times he breathes; all this (universe) is fourfold; verily (it serves) to obtain all this (universe). Again, in that after invoking the sacrificial food he smells it and the sacrificial food is cattle, verily thus he confers cattle upon himself. Again, in that the Adhvaryu makes the cake to sit on the strew, verily thus he delights the fathers. Again, in that he eats the second portion of the sacrificial food with