Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.60

2-3.60

the stomas by the meters, the Bṛhat and Rathantara by the stomas, day and night by the Bṛhat and Rathantara, the half-month by day and night, the month by the half-month, the season by the month, the year by the season. Whence is the year born? Where is it established? He should know: 'I myself am the year; in me it is established.' The year is indeed born of one who knows thus; it is established in one who knows thus. Now they say: 'The year is indeed the sun.' For into him all prosperity, all fame, all the gods have entered; therefore the year is indeed the sun. What shines of him is 'saṃ'; the black orb in the middle is 'sara': this regarding the divinity. Now regarding the self: this very person who is here in the eye is the year. What is white in it is 'saṃ'; the black orb in the middle is 'sara'. Now they say: the sun is indeed 'saṃ', the moon is 'sara'; toward him he moves; he reaches him at the full moon. But they also say: breath is indeed 'saṃ', speech is 'sara'; for by these two one attains [everything]. Of this very year, the Agniṣṭoma-sāmans are the path of the gods —