Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.251

2.251

He joins that together here.
The pṛṣṭha [stotras] are seventeenfold.
Twelve are the months, five are the seasons.
He obtains that very thing by this.
Ten are the fingers of the hands, seven are the vital breaths in the head.
That is seventeenfold.
He joins that together here.
The Ārbhava [pavamāna] is seventeenfold.
Twelve are the months, five are the seasons.
He obtains that very thing in succession by this.
Ten are the toes of the feet, four are the thighs and knees, three are the downward breaths.
That is seventeenfold.
He joins that together here.
The Agniṣṭoma-sāman is twenty-one-fold.
Twelve are the months, five are the seasons, three are these worlds, yonder sun is the twenty-first.
He obtains that very thing by this.
Ten are the fingers of the hands, ten are the toes of the feet, the trunk is the twenty-first.
He joins that together here.