Aitareyabrahmana 5.4.p2

5.4.p2

v. 20 (xxiv. 1). That which has the same endings is a symbol of the ninth day; for the ninth day is a repetition of the third day. That which contains (the word) ‘horse’, (the word) ‘end’, that which is repeated, that which is alliterated, that which contains (the word) ‘stay’, (the word) ‘surpass’, (the word) ‘three’, that which is a symbol of the end, (the fact) that the deity is mentioned in the last Pada, (the fact) that yonder world is referred to, that which contains (the word) ‘pure’, (the word) ‘true’, (the word) ‘dwell’, (the word) ‘gone’, (the word) ‘dwelling’, the past tense, that which is a symbol of the third day; these are the symbols of the ninth day. ‘We have gone with great praise to the youngest’, is the Ājya of the ninth day; as containing (the word) ‘gone’ on the ninth day it is a symbol of the ninth day. It is in Triṣṭubh; this set of three days has the Triṣṭubh metre at the morning pressing. ‘Forward to thee the pure are offered boldly’, ‘They perceiving with true mind’, ‘Dwelling in the sky, from the atmosphere, on the earth’, ‘Come hither to us with all boons, O Açvins’, ‘The Soma, O Indra, is pressed for thee’, ‘The Brahmans, the Aṅgirases, will attain’, ‘Sarasvatī pious men invoke’, ‘Hither to us from the sky, from the great mountain’ and ‘O Sarasvatī lead us to prosperity’ are the Praüga; as containing (the words) ‘pure’, ‘true’, ‘dwell’, ‘gone’, and ‘house’, on the ninth day it is a symbol of the ninth day. It is in Triṣṭubh; this set of three days has the Triṣṭubh metre at the morning pressing. ‘Him for great gain’, ‘Three Soma draughts for Indra’, ‘O Indra, come near’ ‘Forward now Brahmaṇaspati’, ‘Agni, the leader’, ‘Thou, O Soma, with inspiration’, ‘They swell the waters’, and ‘No one the chariot of Sudās’ are the continuation, being the same as that of the third day; on the ninth day it is a symbol of the ninth day. ‘Let Indra drink whose Soma, hail!’