Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.52

2-3.52

purā sūryāccandramasaśca pūrve
yebhiḥ prajānanpradiśo diśaśca
tānanvārohāmi tapasā brahmaṇā ca
iti prāṇartūnanvārohati
ya ṛtavaścandramaso'dhi pūrva
ṛcaṃ vācaṃ brahmāṇamābabhūvuḥ
ityevaṃvidaṃ hyābhavan
yebhiḥ prajānanpradiśo diśaśca
tānanvārohāmi tapasā brahmaṇā ca
iti devartūnanvārohati
ya eka ṛtustraya ṛtavaśca
ye ṣaṭcaturviṃśatirṛtavo ye
dvādaśa saptadaśānyuta viṃśatiśca
tānanvārohāmi tapasā brahmaṇā ca
itīmānṛtūnanvārohati
sa evametaistairṛtubhiḥ parigṛhītaḥ
sa yathā tairṛtubhiḥ parigṛhīta evamevānārtassaṃvatsarasyodṛcaṃ gacchati
ṛturṛturhaivaṃvide kalpate

before the sun and the moon, of old, / through whom, discerning, [I reach] the intermediate directions and directions, / them I mount through heat of asceticism and through brahman.' / With this he mounts the breath-seasons. / 'The seasons who from the moon of old / became the verse, speech, and the brahman-priest'— / for they became such to one who knows thus— / 'through whom, discerning, [I reach] the intermediate directions and directions, / them I mount through heat of asceticism and through brahman.' / With this he mounts the divine seasons. / 'The one season, and the three seasons, / the seasons that are six, twenty-four, / twelve, seventeen, and also twenty, / them I mount through heat of asceticism and through brahman.' / With this he mounts these seasons. / Thus he is seized by those various seasons. / Just as he is seized by those seasons, even so, uninjured, he goes to the end of the year. / Each season serves the one who knows thus.