Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.42
ब्रह्म होता ब्रह्म यज्ञा ब्रह्मणा स्वरवो मिताः । अध्वर्युर् ब्रह्मणो जातो ब्रह्मणो ऽन्तर्हितं हविः ॥१॥
brahma hotā brahma yajñā brahmaṇā svaravo mitāḥ | adhvaryur brahmaṇo jāto brahmaṇo 'ntarhitaṃ haviḥ ||1||
The bráhman is invoker (hótṛ) the bráhman is the sacrifice; by the bráhman the sacrificial posts are set up; the officiating priest (adhvaryú) is born from the bráhman; within the bráhman is put the oblation.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ब्रह्म स्रुचो घृतवतीर् ब्रह्मणा वेदिर् उद्धिता । ब्रह्म यज्ञस्य तत्त्वं च ऋत्विजो ये हविष्कृतः । शमिताय स्वाहा ॥२॥
brahma sruco ghṛtavatīr brahmaṇā vedir uddhitā | brahma yajñasya tattvaṃ ca ṛtvijo ye haviṣkṛtaḥ | śamitāya svāhā ||2||
The bráhman is the sacrificial spoons filled with ghee; by the bráhman is the sacrificial hearth set up (ud-dhā) and the bráhman is the essence (tattvá) of the sacrifice—the priests that are oblation-makers: ⌊to the slaughtered [victim] hail!⌋
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अंहोमुचे प्र भरे मनीषाम् आ सुत्राव्णे सुमतिम् आवृणानः । इमम् इन्द्र प्रति हव्यं गृभाय सत्याः सन्तु यजमानस्य कामाः ॥३॥
aṃhomuce pra bhare manīṣām ā sutrāvṇe sumatim āvṛṇānaḥ | imam indra prati havyaṃ gṛbhāya satyāḥ santu yajamānasya kāmāḥ ||3||
To him who frees from distress I bring forward my devotion (manīṣā́), unto him who rescues well, choosing to myself his favor; accept, O Indra, this oblation; let the desires of the sacrificer be realized.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अंहोमुचं व्र्षभं यज्ञियानां विराजन्तं प्रथमम् अध्वराणम् । अपां नपातम् अश्विना हुवे धिय इन्द्रियेण त इन्द्रियं दत्तम् ओजः ॥४॥
aṃhomucaṃ vrṣabhaṃ yajñiyānāṃ virājantaṃ prathamam adhvarāṇam | apāṃ napātam aśvinā huve dhiya indriyeṇa ta indriyaṃ dattam ojaḥ ||4||
Him who frees from distress, the bull of the worshipful, him that shines forth (vi-rāj), the first of the sacrifices (adhvará), the child of the waters, O Açvins, I call with prayer (dhī́); do ye with Indra give me Indra-like force.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)