Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.245

2-7.245

Just as a string of gems would be woven into a gem, even so the three-day rite is woven into these worlds. The face of him who knows thus shines. This, indeed, is speech perceived directly: that which one speaks with the tip of the tongue is "e"; that which one speaks with the middle of speech is "ka"; that the sap of all speech speaks up above is "ho"; for "ho" is all speech. Therefore, when these forms are employed in the Ājya [stotras] and in the days, they emit speech from the very mouth; they emit the sacrificial rite from the mouth. When Prajāpati emitted speech, it was [composed of] syllables (akṣara). Its first syllable was "e"; the second was "kṣa"; the third was "rad". Therefore, with whatever form Prajāpati emitted speech, with that form the Ājya [stotras] are commenced; with that [form] the days are obtained. Truly this sacrifice, which is the three-day rite, rests upon the syllable. The syllable is three syllables; the three-day rite is three syllables; the three-day rite is the syllable. He indeed knows it who knows it as commensurate with man: the three-day rite is man.