Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 4.8

4.8

Now, month by month, when the new moon has passed, one should worship the moon visible in the west with this very procedure, or having cast two green blades of grass toward it: / 'That fair-parted heart of mine that rests in heaven, in the moon, / I consider myself as knowing that; may I not weep over misfortune with my children!' / For children do not die before him—this is for one who has children. Now, for one who does not have children: having muttered these three verses, 'Swell up; let [soma] gather unto you…', 'Let streams of milk gather unto you, let strengths unite…', 'The drop which the Ādityas cause to swell…', [he says]: 'Do not swell up at the expense of our breath, of our offspring, of our cattle! Swell up at the expense of the breath, the offspring, the cattle of him who hates us and whom we hate!' Saying: 'I turn with Indra's turn; I turn following the sun's turn,' he turns around following his right arm.