Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.206

1.206

The meters that carry the day, they carry the night.
This is the gāyatrī, this the virāj, this the kakubh, this the anuṣṭubh.
They chant in bṛhatī verses.
Thereby they do not deviate from the bṛhatīs.
In that their quarters have twelve syllables, thereby they do not deviate from the jagatīs.
He pronounces the vaṣaṭ-call with a triṣṭubh.
Thereby they do not deviate from the triṣṭubhs.
To them fleeing toward the twilight round, they made them go to an irrecoverable state through the Āśvina [stotra].
He indeed drives his hateful rival to an irrecoverable state, who knows thus.
This night is the measure of the Agniṣṭoma.
There are twelve stotras of the Agniṣṭoma; twelve of the night.
This night is the measure of the Ukthya.
There are three ukthas; the twilight round belongs to three deities.
This night is the measure of the Agniṣṭoma and of the year.
There are twelve stotras of the Agniṣṭoma; twelve months are the year.
By the night indeed the thirteenth month is obtained.
This night is the summit of the sun.
He goes to the summit of the sun, who knows thus.