SanskritIASTMeaning
ज्येष्ठायjyeṣṭhāyato the eldest (jyeṣṭha, dat.); to the foremost; to the eldest
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
श्रेष्ठायśreṣṭhāyato the best (śreṣṭha, dat.); to the most excellent; to the best
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
प्राणायprāṇāyato the prāṇa; to the breath of life
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
वसिष्ठायैvasiṣṭhāyaito the best; to the richest
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
वाचेvāceof speech; to the voice
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
प्रतिष्ठायैpratiṣṭhāyaito the support; to the foundation
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
चक्षुषेcakṣuṣeto sight; in the eye
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
संपदेsaṃpadeto attainment; to success
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
श्रोत्रायśrotrāyato hearing; to the ear
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
आयतनायāyatanāyarealms; to the foundation
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
मनसेmanaseto the mind; to thought
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
प्रजात्यैprajātyaito the power of generation; to the begetting of offspring
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
रेतसेretaseof the seed; to the seminal power
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial cry
इतिitithus; how
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
हुत्वाhutvāhaving offered (from √hu); having offered; having poured it
मन्थेmantheinto the mantha mixture; into the ritual gruel
संस्रवम्saṃsravamthe remainder (saṁsrava — 'what runs down'); the trickling drops; the remainder
अवनयतिavanayatihe pours it down (ava + √nī); he lets it down; he pours it in
The oblations of the mantha follow the list of the first brāhmaṇa: eldest-and-best (prāṇa), the richest (speech), the support (the eye), attainment (hearing), the dwelling (the mind), procreation (the seed) — all the titles of the powers' dispute have become the addresses of oblations! The vidyā has turned into a liturgy: what you have learned is what you pour to.
And every remainder goes into the cup: saṁsravam avanayati: the blessings of the six powers flow down into one drink. The draught of greatness is mixed on the whole anthropology of the book: the drinker will take in the concord of his powers — the very concord for whose sake they ended their dispute.