Samaveda 48.22

48.22

he ṛtvigyajamānāḥ(1) ! “indraḥ” “sadā” sarvadā “vaḥ” yuṣmān “ā carkṛṣat” yajñānuṣṭhānārtham ākṛṣat kartumicchati | kiṃ kurvan ? “upotu” yuṣmākaṃ samīpa eva “saparyayan' punaḥ punaḥ bhṛśaṃ vā saparyāṃ kurvan [havirbhoktuṃ māmāhvayadhvamiti prārthayamāna ityarthaḥ, ataeva śrutyantare devānāṃ yajamāna-pradatta-havi-rupajīvitvaṃ śrūyate-‘ito dānāddhi devā upajīvantīti] ataḥ asmatsaparyā-karttṛtvāt “indraḥ devaḥ” “naḥ” “śūraḥ” yajamānānāṃ bādhaka ityarthaḥ(2) |