Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.328

58.328

na hotā canānuṣṭubhaśśaṃsati | virāja eva sa śaṃsati
te devā abruvanniyamiyaṃ yajñamasṛṣṭaitānana yajāmahā iti
te bṛhatīmabruvannidaṃ nastvaṃ tṛtīyamaharvaha
abhijitaṃ vai nassattadavyāptamiti
saddha vai bṛhatī bhavati yatsā pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati
saitadbṛhatī tṛtīyamaharūḍhvā nākāmayata voḍhum
ta iyameva lokaṃ rathantareṇājayannantarikṣaṃ bṛhatyāmuṃ bṛhatā
ta etena tryaheṇa vyajayanta
tadyathā vijitena yanti saindhavānajanti hastinaṃ vahanti dhūrgṛhītaṃ rathaṃ yāti
hulubhyāṃ yāti vicchidvahābhyāmevaṃ gardabharathena
evametaṃ dvitīyaṃ tryahaṃ devā atyāyan

Even the Hotṛ does not recite Anuṣṭubhs; he recites only Virājs. The gods said: 'This one has created the sacrifice; let us sacrifice through her.' They said to the Bṛhatī: 'Do you carry this third day for us; though it is won for us, it is unpervaded.' Indeed, that becomes the Bṛhatī, which becomes a pṛṣṭha. That Bṛhatī, having carried the third day, did not want to carry [further]. With the Rathantara they conquered this world, with the Bṛhatī the intermediate space, with the Bṛhat that [world yonder]. They conquered by means of this three-day period. Just as people go through conquered territory, driving Sindhu horses, riding an elephant, [where] the chariot held by the yoke-pole goes, goes with two hulus, with split-bearing poles, or thus with a donkey chariot—even so did the gods traverse this second three-day period.