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ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः त्वं क्रतुस्त्वं हविस्त्वं हुताशः स्वयं ।
त्वं हि मन्त्रः समिद्दर्भपात्राणि च त्वं सदस्यर्त्विजो दम्पती देवता ।
अग्निहोत्रं स्वधा सोम आज्यं पशुः ॥ 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; agnihotram-the sacred fire ceremony; svadha-the offering to the forefathers; somah-the soma plant; ajyam-the clarified butter; pasuh-the sacrificial animal.