Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.178

1.178

Regarding this they say: 'One should not heed that. / By the fact that speech is the finale (nidhana), it is joined together.' / Regarding this they say: 'As the meters are unyoked according to the prior, according to seniority, following the proper unyoking of the meters the offspring prosper.' / With six syllables he chants the prelude: 'yajño vo agnaye'. / With six syllables he takes up the beginning: 'girā ca dakṣase'. / That amounts to twelve. / The Jagatī consists of twelve syllables. / They sweep around the Jagatī at the beginning. / Thereby they are unyoked with the Jagatī. / 'pra vayamamṛtaṃ jātavedasam' amounts to eleven syllables. / The Triṣṭubh consists of eleven syllables. / Thereby they are unyoked with the Triṣṭubh. / With eight syllables they reach the finale: 'priyaṃ mitraṃ nu śaṃsiṣam'. / The Gāyatrī consists of eight syllables. / Thereby they are unyoked with the Gāyatrī. / Thus the meters go, being unyoked according to the prior, according to seniority. / Following the proper unyoking of the meters offspring prosper; a younger woman does not die before an older one.