Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.351

2-8.351

yathā viṣūcī pade vinihite anenāgā3danenā3
ityaprajānaṃstiṣṭhedevamevaitanmṛtyoḥ padayopanaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati pāpmano'nanvavāyāya
na ha vā enaṃ punarmṛtyuranvetyapa pāpmānaṃ hate gacchati svargaṃ lokam
te paramantamitvā punarevābibhayuḥ
tānetenaivāniruktena trayastriṃśenātyanayanniruktena nirabravīt
tato vai te taṃ mṛtyumapājayanya svarge loke
apa ha vai taṃ mṛtyuṃ jayati ya svarge loke ya evaṃ veda
saṃvatsaro vā etā rātrayassaṃvatsarasya garbhaḥ
saṃvatsarasya vai garbhaṃ prajāḥ paśava upajīvanti
garbhiṇīru etā rātrayaḥ
yathā vā ajagaro gīrṇavānevametā rātrayaḥ
yadyu vā ajagaro gīrṇavānbhavatyubhāvantāvaṇū sthūlaṃ madhyam
suhityasyo vā etā rūpaṃ rātrayaḥ
suhityaṃ vai so'śnute ya śriyamaśnute
suhityaṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ śriyamaśnavāmahā iti tasmādetā rātrīrupayanti

just as if two footprints were laid in different directions, one might stand not knowing, 'Did he go by this way? Or by that way?'—even so is the track of Death effaced, so that evil does not follow after. Death does not follow after him; he slays evil and goes to the heavenly world. Having gone to the furthest end, they were afraid again. He led them across by means of this very unexpressed thirty-three-fold [stoma], and explicitly declared them with the expressed [stoma]. Then indeed they conquered that Death who is in the heavenly world. He indeed conquers that Death who is in the heavenly world who knows thus. These nights are the year, the embryo of the year. Offspring and cattle live upon the embryo of the year. These nights are pregnant. Just as a python has swallowed [its prey], so are these nights. And when a python has swallowed, both ends are slender, while the middle is thick. These nights are indeed the form of satiety. He who attains prosperity attains satiety. 'May we attain satiety, seniority, pre-eminence, prosperity'—therefore they undertake these nights.