Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-2.1

2-2.1

It is this earth. For the Rathantara is speech. It is this that speaks. Reaching the second day, it becomes the Bṛhat, which he spoke of as the speech that an eminent man speaks. For it is heard from afar. Reaching the third day, it becomes the Vairūpa, which is this transverse speech: 'Come, go forth, bring, bring near, give to eat, give to drink.' Reaching the fourth day, it becomes the Virāj, sitting in silence. For sitting in silence is the sovereign state of speech, which [speech] they wish to learn from an eminent man as he sits in silence. Reaching the fifth day, it becomes the Śakvarī, through which one who is instructed is able. Reaching the sixth day, it becomes the Revatī, through which food is distributed. It is not to be undertaken month after month. This is the nature of a chatterer, the speech which chatterers speak: 'Did he not speak this yesterday, this the day before yesterday, this last year? Alas, he speaks the same speech; alas, he does not surpass it.' Such is the case when they undertake the pṛṣṭhas month after month.