Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.93

2-3.93

The year is procreation.
In regular succession, procreation is thereby performed.
He who knows this is procreated with offspring and cattle.
Having procreated them, he desired: 'May these offspring of mine possess food.'
He saw this Satrājit sacrifice.
He brought it;
he sacrificed with it.
It consists of twenty-five [stotras].
The year indeed consists of twenty-four half-months.
Food is the twenty-fifth.
Through the twenty-fifth, he then bestowed food upon them.
Its praise verses are three hundred.
That is the Virāj.
The Virāj is food; he then bestowed food upon them.
These offspring of his became possessed of food.
He who desires: 'May I be procreated abundant with offspring and cattle; may these offspring of mine possess food,' should sacrifice with these two.
He is procreated abundant with offspring and cattle; his offspring become possessed of food.