Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.211

2-7.211

athaita ṛtuṣṭomāḥ
ṛtavo vā akāmayanta samānena yajñena samānīmṛddhimṛdhnuyāmāvānnādyaṃ
rundhīmahi punarnavāḥ punarnavā syāmeti
ta etānyajñānapaśyan
tānāharanta
tairayajanta
sa vasantaḥ prathamo'yajata
sa etenāyajata
sa etāmevarddhimārdhnodetadannādyamavārunddhaitāṃ punarnavatāṃ yaiṣā vasantasya
atha śiśira ṣakṣata yenaivaime pūrvā iṣṭvārātsusteno evāhaṃ yajā iti
sa etenaivāyajata
sa etāmevarddhimārdhnodetadannādyamavārunddhaitāṃ punarnavatāṃ yaiṣā śiśirasya

Now these Ṛtustomas. The seasons desired: 'May we prosper with equal prosperity through an equal sacrifice, may we obtain food, may we become ever-renewed, ever-renewed.' They saw these sacrifices; they took them; they sacrificed with them. Spring sacrificed first; it sacrificed with this one. It attained this very prosperity, obtained this food, [and] this ever-renewed nature which is that of Spring. Then Winter saw: 'By that with which these prior ones having sacrificed have prospered, by that indeed shall I sacrifice.' It sacrificed with this very one. It attained this very prosperity, obtained this food, [and] this ever-renewed nature which is that of Winter.