Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.60
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14.60
For this day belongs to the Bṛhant.
“Flow for great refreshment, rich in cattle, O Drop, rich in gold, / rich in horses, O Soma, rich in heroes” —
thus there are [verses] containing cattle [and] containing livestock, for the securing of livestock.
“Flow, O watcher over all! Fill the great two worlds, / as the sun, the dawn with its rays” —
thus there are [verses] containing the sun.
For this day is dedicated to Sūrya, twenty-one-fold, a firm foundation, belonging to the Virāj.
“Around us, with a stream bringing protection, O Soma, from all sides / run like sap to the summit” — thus there are [verses] containing “around” (pari-), which is the form of the end.
For this day is an end.
“Run swiftly, O high-minded one, around with your dear domain, / where the gods,” so they said;
“adorning what is unadorned”;
“This is he who from heaven around” —
thus it contains “around, around”; that is the form of the end.
The end of the meters, truly, is the Anuṣṭubh;
this day belongs to the Anuṣṭubh.
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It consists of six verses; six indeed are the seasons — for the attainment of the seasons.
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Regarding this they say: “Since a six-verse hymn is the characteristic mark of the sixth day, why then is it performed on the fourth day?”
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He should say: “Six indeed are the seasons; the year [is six seasons]. The year is Prajāpati; [it is] the sacrifice.
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Having obtained the year, Prajāpati, the sacrifice by this means, they begin anew at the opening of the soma pressing.
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For the sacrifice is, as it were, completed when this preceding three-day period is completed.”
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The latter [hymn] consists of six verses.
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Thereby they undertake the sacrifice in proper succession.
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“The beams urge on the sun” —
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