Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.364

2-8.364

ekaviṃśaḥ
etadvai daivyaṃ kṣatram
kṣatriya u vā annādyasya pradātā
sa yo'nnādyasya pradātā sa no'nnādyaṃ prayacchāditi
athaite catvārastriyahā bhavanti dvādaśāhāni
dvādaśa vai saṃvatsarasya paurṇamāsyaḥ
paurṇamāsīnāmevaiṣā saṃmā paurṇamāsīnāmṛddhiḥ
athaiṣa pṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaho bhavati
śrīrvai pṛṣṭhāni varṣma vai pṛṣṭhāni
tacchriyaṃ varṣma pṛṣṭhāni rohanti
tadu satriṇo bhavanti
athaite catvāra uttare tryahā bhavanti dvādaśo evāhāni
dvādaśa vai saṃvatsarasyāmāvāsyāḥ
amāvāsyānāmevaiṣā saṃmāmāvāsyānāmṛddhiḥ
dvādaśaitāni parastātpṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasyāhāni bhavanti dvādaśāvastāt
tasmātsamāvatīssaṃvatsarasya paurṇamāsyaścāmāvāsyāśca
vaiśvanara udayanīyo'tirātro bhavati
vaiśvānarodayanā hyahīnāssomāḥ

the twenty-first. This indeed is divine dominion, and the ruler is the giver of food. [Thinking,] 'May he who is the giver of food bestow food upon us,' [they perform it]. Then there are these four three-day periods: twelve days. Twelve indeed are the full-moon days of the year. This is the measure of the full-moon days, the prosperity of the full-moon days. Then there is this pṛṣṭhya six-day period. The pṛṣṭhas are prosperity; the pṛṣṭhas are the summit. Thus they mount to prosperity, to the summit, to the pṛṣṭhas. And thereby they become session-sacrificers. Then there are these four subsequent three-day periods: just twelve days. Twelve indeed are the new-moon days of the year. This is the measure of the new-moon days, the prosperity of the new-moon days. Twelve are these days before the pṛṣṭhya six-day period, twelve are after it. Therefore the full-moon days and the new-moon days of the year are equal in number. The concluding Atirātra is sacred to Vaiśvānara, for non-interrupted Soma rites conclude with Vaiśvānara.