Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 53.281

53.281

The first three-day period has the Gāyatrī at the beginning: therefore this fire burns upright. The second three-day period has the Gāyatrī in the middle: therefore this wind blows horizontally. The third three-day period has the Gāyatrī at the end: therefore that sun yonder shines downward. The gods and the asuras contended. They said: 'Whichever of us sings the Gāyatrī thrice without taking breath, he shall conquer both these worlds and the out-breath, down-breath, and through-breath.' Ayāsya Āṅgirasa sang the Gāyatrī thrice without taking breath. Thereby he conquered both these worlds and the out-breath, down-breath, and through-breath. He conquers both these worlds and the out-breath, down-breath, and through-breath, who, knowing thus, sings the Gāyatrī thrice without taking breath. Verily, he who knows the ten-day rite adapting through the Agniṣṭoma—it adapts for him: by the morning pressing, the first three-day period adapts; by the midday pressing, the second; by the third pressing, the third; by the Agniṣṭoma-sāman, the tenth day adapts. It adapts for him who knows thus.