Aitareyabrahmana 5.6

5.6

The Cow as deity carries the fifth day; the stoma is twenty-seven-fold, the sāman is the Śākvara, the metre is the paṅkti. / According to deity, according to stoma, according to sāman, according to metre, he prospers with this who knows thus. / That which does not contain "ā" or "pra", that which is stationary, that is the form of the fifth day. / For what the second day is, that again is what the fifth is. / That which contains "upwards" (ūrdhva), that which contains "against" (prati), that which contains "within" (antar), that which contains "bull/potent" (vṛṣan), that which contains "increasing" (vṛdhan), that in which the deity is explicitly stated in the middle pāda, that in which the atmosphere is mentioned, that which contains "milked" (dugdha), that which contains "udder" (ūdhas), that which contains "milch-cow" (dhenu), that which contains "dappled" (pṛśni), that which contains "sweetness/exhilaration" (mad), that which has the form of cattle, that which contains repetitions—for cattle are diverse, as it were—that which is in the jagatī [metre]—for cattle belong to the jagatī—that which is in the bṛhatī [metre]—for cattle belong to the bṛhatī—that which is in the paṅkti [metre]—for cattle belong to the paṅkti—that which is lovely—for cattle are lovely—that which contains sacrificial offerings—for cattle are sacrificial offerings—that which possesses a body—for cattle are a body—that which is Śākvara, that which is in the paṅkti, that which expresses present action, that which is the form of the second day: these indeed are the forms of the fifth day. / "This your guest, who wakes at dawn..." is the ājya [śastra] of the fifth day. / It is in the jagatī [metre], having repetitions, having the form of cattle; on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / "To us the sacrifice touching the sky", "To us, O Vāyu, for great offspring", "With chariot wide-striding", "Many, sun-eyed", "These desires for heaven for you two", "Drink of the pressed juice, sweet", "God by god for your help, god by god", "A lofty word I sing": this praüga [śastra] is in the bṛhatī [metre]; on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / "With the clan belonging to the five peoples" is the opening verse of the Marutvatīya [śastra]. / With "belonging to the five peoples" (pāñcajanyayā): on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / "Indra alone is the soma-drinker", "Indra, come nearer here", "Rise up, O Brahmaṇaspati", "Agni is the leader", "Thou, O Soma, by intentions", "They swell the waters", "Sing lofty to Indra": the continuous series identical with the second day; on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / "Thou wilt be the protector of the presser who has strewn the sacrificial grass" is a hymn containing "mad", in the paṅkti [metre], of five pādas; on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / "Thus indeed Soma is exhilaration" is a hymn containing "mad", in the paṅkti [metre], of five pādas; on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / "Indra, drink! For thee it is pressed for exhilaration" is a hymn containing "mad", in the triṣṭubh [metre]. By that which has firmly established verses he holds the soma-pressing; by this he does not slip from his proper place. / "Accompanied by the Maruts, O Indra, generous one" is the concluding verse. / It contains neither "ā" nor "pra"; on the fifth day, it is the form of the fifth day. / And they are in the gāyatrī [metre]. / The gāyatrī verses carry the midday pressing of this three-day period. / That metre indeed carries [it] in which the nivid is placed. / Therefore he inserts the nivid into gāyatrī verses.