Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.393

2-8.393

utsṛjyā3ṃ notsṛjyā3miti mīmāṃsante
tadāhurutsṛjyameveti
yo vā avimokaṃ yātyudvā vai sa kṛntati pra vā kṣiṇoti
avimokamivaite yanti ye notsṛjante
tadyatpaurṇamāsīrutsṛjante'riṣṭyā eva
yo vai pūrṇa āvapati vi vā vai tatpatati pra vā śīryate
pūrṇa eṣa yatsaṃvatsaraḥ
tadyatpaurṇamāsīrutsṛjante'riṣṭyā eva
ūnādvai retassicyata ūnātprajāḥ prajāyante
pūrṇa eṣa yatsaṃvatsaraḥ
tadyatpaurṇamāsīrutsṛjante retasa eva tallokaṃ kurvanti prajananāya
ūnādvai prāṇā īrate
prajāpatireṣa yatsaṃvatsaraḥ
tasyaite prāṇā yatpaurṇamāsyaḥ
tadyatpaurṇamāsīrutsṛjante prajāpatereva tatprāṇānutsṛjante
paurṇamāsīstomā ha khalu vai devāḥ
tadyatpaurṇamāsīrutsṛjante ko devānpratyabhiṣṭotumarhatīti

They discuss: 'Is [a day] to be omitted, or is it not to be omitted?'
Regarding this they say: 'It is indeed to be omitted.'
He who travels without unyoking either breaks down or comes to ruin.
Those who do not omit [days] travel, as it were, without unyoking.
When they omit the full-moon days, it is for security.
He who pours into what is full, that either spills over or scatters.
Full, indeed, is this year.
When they omit the full-moon days, it is for security.
From what is deficient, indeed, semen is emitted; from what is deficient, offspring are produced.
Full, indeed, is this year.
When they omit the full-moon days, they thereby make room for the semen, for generation.
From what is deficient, indeed, the breaths stir.
Prajāpati, indeed, is this year.
His breaths are these full-moon days.
When they omit the full-moon days, they omit the breaths of Prajāpati himself.
The gods, indeed, have the full-moon stoma.
When they omit the full-moon days, [they think:] 'Who can chant praise against the gods?'