Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 30.181
English (machine translation) 30.181
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30.181
Indeed, the odd-numbered stomas end in an even number, and those that end in an even number are odd-numbered. The domestic cattle follow the odd-numbered stomas, and the wild beasts follow those that end in an even number. Because the final sāman of the odd-numbered stomas is even-numbered, therefore domestic animals carry when yoked. And because the final sāman of the even-numbered stomas is odd-numbered, therefore wild animals wander around [without being] yoked. And because on the tenth day there are the fifteen-fold and thirty-three-fold stomas, therefore the two biggest of beasts, the elephant and the camel, carry when yoked.
30.181.p1
"Flow, bull, in a stream"—for the midday purifying chant there are Gāyatrī verses containing [the word] "bull", which is the form of the Bṛhat. This day belongs to the Bṛhat. "And exhilarating for the Maruts"—they contain [the word] "having the Maruts". "Having the Maruts" is indeed the form of the midday; thus they do not deviate from the form of the midday. "Thee, supporter of the two bowls"—as this seventh day is, as it were, fallen away, that he says "Thee, supporter", is for support in the fire.
30.181.p3
Now the Santani sāman. Just as two men without a common abode separate and depart, so the sixth and seventh days separate and depart. Just as one would join a horse with a harness, so here is the Santani. Of it he sings the prelude once, he chants the response thrice, they chant the finale thrice. These amount to seven, the form of the seventh day, for the continuity of the seven-day period, for non-interruption.
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