Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.221

2-7.221

He struck through their sacrifice. They did not discern the heavenly world. They desired: 'Let us discern the heavenly world.' They ran up to Prajāpati. For them, he arranged this Vrātyastoma sacrifice. They took it. They sacrificed with it. Then they discerned the heavenly world. Those who run the vrātyā course become bewildered, as it were. In that they sacrifice with the Vrātyastoma, it is for the discernment of the heavenly world. Its pavamāna lauds consist of thirty-two [verses]. The Anuṣṭubh has thirty-two syllables. Speech is Anuṣṭubh. Those who run the vrātyā course are deprived of speech. In that the pavamāna lauds have thirty-two [verses], they flourish through speech. The opening verse is an Anuṣṭubh. Speech is Anuṣṭubh. Those who run the vrātyā course are deprived of speech.