Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.311

2-8.311

aṣṭāśaphāḥ paśavaḥ
paśavo gāyatrī
gāyatrīmeṣa yajño'bhi saṃpannaḥ
tasmādu hainena paśukāmo yajeta
prajāpatirvā akāmayatāsmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ gaccheyamiti
sa etamaṣṭarātraṃ yajñamapaśyat
tamāharat
tenāyajata
tato vai so'smāllokādamuṃ lokamāṣṭa
yadasmāllokādamuṃ lokamāṣṭa tadaṣṭarātrāṇāmaṣṭarātratvam
aṣṭe hāsmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda
tadāhuḥ kimanvaṣṭarātra iti
diśa iti brūyāt
diśo ha vā anvaṣṭarātraḥ
catasro diśaścatvāro'vāntaradeṣāḥ
ūrdhvā diṅnavamī
aṣṭāvetānyahāni bhavanti rātrirnavamī
diśa evaitenardhnoti dikṣu pratiṣṭhāya svargaṃ lokameti

Cattle have eight hooves; cattle are the Gāyatrī; this sacrifice has conformed to the Gāyatrī. Therefore indeed one who desires cattle should sacrifice with this. Prajāpati desired: 'May I go from this world to yonder world.' He saw this eight-night sacrifice. He brought it; he sacrificed with it. Then indeed he attained (āṣṭa) yonder world from this world. In that he attained yonder world from this world, that is the nature of the eight-night rite (aṣṭarātratva) of the eight-night rites. He reaches yonder world from this world, who knows thus. As to that, they say: 'In accordance with what is the eight-night rite?' He should say: 'The quarters.' In accordance with the quarters indeed is the eight-night rite. There are four quarters and four intermediate regions; the upward direction is the ninth. There are these eight days; the night is the ninth. By this he prospers in the quarters; having established himself in the quarters, he goes to the heavenly world.