ब्राह्मणा ऊचु: त्वं क्रतुस्त्वं हविस्त्वं हुताश: स्वयंत्वं हि मन्त्र: समिद्दर्भपात्राणि च । त्वं सदस्यर्त्विजो दम्पती देवताअग्निहोत्रं स्वधा सोम आज्यं पशु: ॥ ४५ ॥
brahmana ucuh tvam kratus tvam havis tvam hutasah svayam tvam hi mantrah samid-darbha-patrani ca tvam sadasyartvijo dampati devata agnihotram svadha soma ajyam pasuh
- brahmanah
- the brahmanas
- ucuh
- said
- tvam
- You
- kratuh
- sacrifice
- tvam
- You
- havih
- offering of clarified butter
- tvam
- You
- huta-asah
- fire
- svayam
- personified
- tvam
- You
- hi
- for
- mantrah
- the Vedic hymns
- samit-darbha-patrani
- the fuel, the kusa grass and the sacrificial pots
- ca
- and
- tvam
- You
- sadasya
- the members of the assembly
- rtvijah
- the priests
- dampati
- the chief person of the sacrifice and his wife
- devata
- demigods
- agni-hotram
- the sacred fire ceremony
- svadha
- the offering to the forefathers
- somah
- the soma plant
- ajyam
- the clarified butter
- pasuh
- the sacrificial animal
The brahmanas said: Dear Lord, You are sacrifice personified. You are the offering of clarified butter, You are the fire, You are the chanting of Vedic hymns by which the sacrifice is conducted, You are the fuel, You are the flame, You are the kusa grass, and You are the sacrificial pots. You are the priests who perform the yajna, You are the demigods headed by Indra, and You are the sacrificial animal. Everything that is sacrificed is You or Your energy.