Aitareyabrahmana 5.2.p3

5.2.p3

v. 6 (xxii. 1). The cow as deity supports the fifth day, the Triṇava Stoma, the Çākvara Sāman, the Paṅkti metre. With it according to the deity, the Stoma, the Sāman, the metre, he prospers who knows thus. That which has not (the words) ‘hither’ and ‘forward’, that which has (the word) ‘stand’, is a symbol of the fifth day, for the fifth day is a repetition of the second day. That which contains (the word) ‘upright’, (the word) ‘to’, (the word) ‘between’, (the word) ‘strong’, (the word) ‘grow’, (the fact) that the deity is mentioned in the middle Pada, (the fact) that the atmosphere is referred to, that which contains (the word), ‘milk’, (the word)