Aitareyabrahmana 6.4.p14

6.4.p14

vi. 23 (xxix. 7). Then follows the yoking and releasing of the Ahīna (rite), with ‘He traversed the atmosphere’ he yokes; with ‘So Indra’ he releases; with ‘I of the two connected with Sarasvatī’ and ‘Surely this of thee’ he yokes the Ahīna; with ‘Let us be thine, O god Varuṇa’ and ‘Chant ye’ he releases. He is worthy to weave the Ahīna who knows how to yoke and to release it. In that they are yoked on the Caturviṅça day is the yoking; in that they are released before the concluding Atirātra is the releasing. If on the Caturviṅça day they were to conclude with (the verses) of the one day (rite), they would conclude the sacrifice, and would not make it an Ahīna; if they were again to conclude with the concluding verses of the Ahīna, the sacrifice would perish, just as one wearied and not being released perishes. With both sets should they conclude. That is as if one were to go a long journey unyoking from time to time; the sacrifice becomes continuous, and yet they release (it). He should not over-recite the Soma by