Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.58
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14.58
"On both sides the rays of the purifying one": with both of these three-day periods they indeed bring forth. From the previous one they bring forth; from the subsequent one they extend. "From the firm one the banners go around": the day is indeed the firm one, the meters are the banners. Just as they might yoke exhausted draft-oxen raised up in a turn onto the yoke, even so do they yoke the meters in a turn when the days are completed. "When the tawny one is cleansed upon the filter": they indeed cleanse what is born, as it were. And it is born by means of this day. "Sitting in its place, he sits down in the jars": by this they directly describe Soma himself. "All dwellings, looking upon all, Ṛbhvan! Having power, thy banners go around": Fire indeed has power across these worlds. Him they generate from the morning pressing. When he is born, they churn him at the midday pressing. "Pervading, thou flowest, O Soma, by ordinance; as king of the whole world thou reignest": for he indeed reigns over this whole world.
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These are Jagatī verses with Gāyatrī qualities, perfected through the form of the day.
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Where they perfect the days with their proper form, there it thrives.
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It thrives for him who knows thus.
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No joint-fault of this connection is seen.
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The first three-day period ends in the Jagatī meter.
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They enter upon this day with the Jagatī meter.
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From the level they approach the level.
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He who knows the four-yoked stoma, four yoked together carry him.
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The first three-day period ends in the Jagatī meter.
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They enter upon this day with the Jagatī meter.
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Just as one might harness a side-horse to the side-horse's yoke, so he harnesses the subsequent three-day period after the former three-day period.
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Four yoked together carry him who knows thus.
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He who has transposed meters, has combined meters; he who has combined meters, has
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