Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 23.140

23.140

tadāhurmithunāni pañcāhāny | amithunaṃ ṣaṣṭhamahaḥ
tadyad
imaṃ stomamarhate jātavedasa
ityāgneyamājyaṃ bhavati | tenaiva mithunaṃ ṣaṣṭhamahaḥ kriyate
rathamiva saṃ mahemā manīṣaye
tyetena mithunaṃ kriyate
hotā vai pūrveṣvahassu yajamānāyāśiṣamāśāsta udgātaitasmin
yo vai sāmnāśiṣamāśāste mīyata iva vai tasya
tadyad
agne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaḥ tava | agne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tave
ti bhavati | bheṣajamevaitena prāyaścittiṃ kurvate
tathā hāsya na mīyate
upariṣṭādudarkaṃ dadhati
raso vai ṣaṣṭhamahastasyānatinedāya
sa yathāpāṃ vārtraṃ dihyāttādṛgevaitadupariṣṭādudarkaṃ dadhati rasasyānatinedāya

en: In this regard they say: “Five days are paired; the sixth day is unpaired.” In that “This praise to worthy Jātavedas…” is the Ājya laud to Agni, by that the sixth day is made paired. “As a chariot may we direct with wisdom…”—by this it is made paired. The hotṛ invokes a blessing for the sacrificer on the earlier days; the udgātṛ on this [day]. Whoever invokes a blessing with the sāman, his [life/wealth] is, as it were, diminished. In that there is: “O Agni, in your friendship may we not suffer harm; O Agni, in your friendship may we not suffer harm,” they thereby perform a remedy, an expiation. Thus his is not diminished. They place the refrain at the end. The sixth day is sap, to prevent its overflowing. Just as one would plaster a dam for waters, exactly so do they place the refrain at the end to prevent the sap from overflowing.

23.140.p1

prati vāṃ sūra udita
iti maitrāvaruṇaṃ bhavati
prati hyetarhi stomāśchando hyṛtavo grahā āvartante
atho yat
prati vām
iti bhavati tasmādu hedaṃ yathartvannādyaṃ pratidhīyata upariṣṭādudarkāṇyanyāni
stotrāṇi bhavanti
athaitadanupariṣṭādudarkam
prāṇāpānau vai maitrāvaruṇau
yadupariṣṭādudarkaṃ dadhyuḥ prāṇāpānāvapihanyuḥ
tadyadanupariṣṭādudarkaṃ dadhati prāṇāpānābhyāmevotsṛṣṭyai
bhindhi viśvā apa dviṣa
ityaindraṃ bhavati
pari bādho jahī mṛdha

en: “Facing you both at the rising of the sun…”
en: —this is the Maitrāvaruṇa laud.
en: For at this time the stomas, meter, seasons, and soma cups turn toward [each other].
en: And because
en: “Facing you both…”
en: occurs, therefore food is set out according to each season. The other stotras have refrains at the end;
en: [these] are the lauds.
en: But this one has no refrain at the end.

23.140.p2

iti ghnadvat etadvai yajamānasya svaṃ stotraṃ yadbrahmaṇaḥ