Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.327

58.327

With eight syllables she extended the first day; with eleven, the second; with twelve, the third. Just three syllables were left over. She arranged that following three-day period along with that [remainder]. She extended this pṛṣṭhya six-day period. Having extended this pṛṣṭhya six-day period, she considered: 'With what now shall I extend this third three-day period?' She saw her own self: 'That very self of mine which was there is this one. Come, let me extend it out of my very own self.' With eight syllables she extended the seventh day; with eleven, the eighth; with twelve, the ninth. Then the syllable that was left over became that tenth day of the twelve-day rite. That Speech, having carried the sacrifice, lies exhausted and stretched out, covered in dirt, just like a lioness, or a tigress, or a dolphin that has given birth. If they were to touch her visibly at that time, they would incur her affliction. And if she should depart, they would depart from all this. Therefore they make this Anuṣṭubh cryptically.