Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 53.278

53.278

tasya purastānnidhanasya pratihāramupayanti
prastāvapratihārābhyāṃ vai yajamāno dhṛtaḥ
atītā ivaitarhi bhavanti
tadyatpurastān nidhanasya pratihāramupayantyanatipādāyaiva
tatsvāraṃ bhavati
abhi daśamamaha svarati
svārametadbhavati
svareṇa śvo bhūte pratipadyante
sa yathā samātsamaṃ saṃkrāmed | yathā prāṇena prāṇaṃ saṃdadhyāt | tādṛktat

They undertake the response before its finale. / By the prelude and the response the sacrificer is held. / They are as if passed beyond at this point. / In that they undertake the response before the finale, it is for not overstepping. / It has a musical cadence (svāra); / it sounds towards the tenth day. / It has a musical cadence. / With the cadence they proceed on the next day. / Just as one would cross over from level to level, or just as one would connect breath with breath, such is that.