Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 43.252

43.252

pari svānaścakṣase devamādanaḥ kraturindurvicakṣaṇa
iti caturṛcaṃ bhavati catuṣpadā vai paśavaḥ
paśavaśchandomāḥ paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai
tāsu pṛṣṭham
pṛṣṭhena vai devāḥ pṛṣṭhamabhavan
pṛṣṭhamasāmeti satramāsate
pṛṣṭhameva bhavanti
devā vā akāmayanta pṛṣṭhaṃ syāmeti
ta etatsāmāpaśyan
tenāstuvata
tato vai te pṛṣṭhamabhavan
tatpṛṣṭhaṃ vā ayamagnirasya lokasya | pṛṣṭhamayaṃ vāyurantarikṣasya
pṛṣṭhamasāvādityo divaḥ
tatpṛṣṭhamiti vai praśaṃsantyatra pratiṣṭhāpayanti
tacchrīrvai pṛṣṭhaṃ | varṣma vai pṛṣṭham
aśnute śriyaṃ | varṣma bhavati ya evaṃ veda
tadūrdhveḷe bhavati bṛhato rūpaṃ bārhate'han
tena vai rūpasamṛddham

“Flowing around, exhilarating the gods, wise, discerning Soma…” — thus it is a four-verse [pragātha]. Cattle, indeed, are four-footed. The chandomas are cattle, for the attainment of cattle. On these [verses] is the pṛṣṭha. By the pṛṣṭha, indeed, the gods became the pṛṣṭha. They sit at the sacrificial session [thinking]: “May we become the pṛṣṭha.” They indeed become the pṛṣṭha. The gods desired: “May we become the pṛṣṭha.” They saw this sāman; with it they praised. Thereupon, indeed, they became the pṛṣṭha. That pṛṣṭha, indeed, is this fire of this world; this wind is the pṛṣṭha of the intermediate space; that sun is the pṛṣṭha of the sky. Thus, indeed, they praise it as the pṛṣṭha; they establish it here. That pṛṣṭha is prosperity; the pṛṣṭha is the summit. He attains prosperity, he becomes the summit, who knows thus. It has the raised iḷā, which is the form of the Bṛhat on the Bārhata day; thereby it is perfected in form.