Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.390
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2-8.390
They strike away that darkness from his head. That Āditya is the twenty-first, the Viṣuvant; his rays are the Divākīrtyas themselves. Because these Divākīrtyas are [used], it is him that they surround with them, him that they make thrive. Concerning this they say: 'By what do the sitters of the year attain the heavenly world?' He should say: 'By this, that the Agniṣṭoma sāman is [chanted to the verse] "The head of heaven, the messenger of the earth".' By that. That which burns yonder is indeed the head of heaven; it is him that they ascend by this. Concerning this they say: 'Those who ascend him fall away from this world.' There is [the verse] 'the messenger of the earth'; this world is the messenger of the earth, and thus it is in this world that they stand firmly. The Agniṣṭoma sāman is the Bhāsa with ten stobhas; the Virāj has ten syllables, and the Virāj is food: [it is] for the attainment of food from the Virāj. However, those who perform the Agniṣṭoma sāman on these [verses] containing 'head' are liable to carry away food with their head for someone else. It should be performed only in the Anuṣṭubh. The Anuṣṭubh is speech; food is the ten stobhas. This speech is in the mouth; in this way they place food in their own mouth. Therefore it should be performed only in the Anuṣṭubh.
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The Viṣuvant is the body of the year, with wings on both sides: that by which they go forward from here with the Abhīvarta,
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and that pragātha by which they descend back from there, both of these they should perform on the Viṣuvant.
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They place the two wings on the body itself for the purpose of flying to the heavenly world.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit