Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.321

2-8.321

the Jyotis as an Agniṣṭoma, the Go as an Ukthya, the Āyus as an Ukthya, the Jyotis as an Agniṣṭoma. One who desires cattle should sacrifice with this. This is its attachment on the other side: the Go and Āyus, being Ukthyas, are inside. Cattle, indeed, are the ukthas; their strophic verses (stotriyās) are five hundred. The two Jyotis rites, being Agniṣṭomas, are on both outer sides. Brahman, indeed, is the Jyotis as an Agniṣṭoma. By brahman alone he encloses the cattle on both sides, to prevent their scattering away; the property of him who knows this is not scattered away. The Āyus as an Atirātra is in the middle. Just as there is a yoke-pole, and in its middle there is a broad part to prevent friction, such is that. This is its attachment on the other side: the Go and Āyus, being Ukthyas, are inside. Cattle, indeed, are the ukthas; their strophic verses are five hundred. The two Jyotis rites, being Agniṣṭomas, are on both outer sides. Brahman, indeed, is the Jyotis as an Agniṣṭoma. By brahman alone he encloses the cattle on both sides, to prevent their scattering away; the property of him who knows this is not scattered away.