Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.342

2-8.342

daśa vai puruṣasya hastyā aṅgulayo daśa padyā ātmaikaviṃśaḥ
puruṣo ha vā eṣa virājyadhyūḍho'niṣpādāya
na ha vai gaurnāśvo nāśvataro virājamadhitiṣṭhati
puruṣo ha vāva virājamadhitiṣṭhati
tasmātpuruṣaḥ paśūnāmattā
attā paśūnāṃ bhavatyadhi virājaṃ tiṣṭhati ya evaṃ veda
tā haitā rātrīrnaidāghīye māsyupeyuḥ
naidāghīye vai māsi prajāpatirādityāya rucaṃ prāyacchat
tasmādeṣa naidāghīye māsi baliṣṭhaṃ tapatyapi dviguṇāśchāyā upasarpanti
tā hāgradevo rājanirbrahmavarcasakāma upeyāya
tamu ha brāhmaṇa uvāca yāvadbrahmavarcasamavāruddhābhiśveto bhaviṣyatīti
sa yathāśva śveta evamāsa
tāvattejasvinīstāvadbrahmavarcasinīstāvadvīryavatīretā rātrayaḥ
te ya evaṃ vidvāṃsa etā rātrīrupayanti sarva evardhnuvate sarve brahmavarcasino
bhavanti
tāsu vāyavyaṃ paśumālabheranvāyurvai śāntiśśāntyā evānirdāhāya
vaiśvānaraḥ prāyaṇīyo'tirātro bhavati
vaiśvānaraprāyaṇā hyahīnāssomāḥ

Ten, indeed, are a man's fingers on his hands, ten on his feet; the self is the twenty-first. / A man, indeed, is placed upon the Virāj so as not to slip down. / Neither a cow, nor a horse, nor a mule stands upon the Virāj. / Man, indeed, stands upon the Virāj; / therefore man is the eater of cattle. / An eater of cattle he becomes, he stands upon the Virāj, who knows thus. / These nights they should undertake in the summer month. / In the summer month, indeed, Prajāpati gave radiance to the sun. / Therefore it burns most intensely in the summer month; even double shadows creep near. / To these [nights] Agradeva Rājani approached, desiring spiritual luster. / And a Brahmin said to him: 'Having obtained so much spiritual luster, he will become completely white.' / Just like a white horse, so he became. / So radiant, so full of spiritual luster, so vigorous are these nights. / Those who, knowing thus, undertake these nights, all of them indeed prosper, all become possessed of spiritual luster. / During them, they should sacrifice a beast dedicated to Vāyu; Vāyu, indeed, is peace, precisely for peace, for not burning up. / The introductory Atirātra is sacred to Vaiśvānara; for non-soma-sacrificial periods have their beginning in Vaiśvānara.