Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.377

58.377

Now as for [the syllable] 'dhā': for this one takes away (harati) all this.
Whoever knows this thus, whether he does good or whether he does not, what is done by him becomes good only.
And let him know: 'I do only what is good, not what is not good.
The world that is made by good deeds—that world is my world.'
That very world becomes his.
The world of everyone else wears away;
the world of him who knows thus does not wear away.
This indeed is the leading deity;
for this deity led forth (aprāṇayata) all this.
Because it led forth, therefore it is breath (prāṇa).
When he who knows thus departs from this world, this very deity, taking hold of him, flies up.
It brings him to that world beyond which there is none higher.
Regarding this they say: 'He indeed should sacrifice with the twelve-day rite, or he indeed should officiate at the twelve-day rite, who knows this established in the sun.' For Āditya is indeed the twelve-day rite; day and night are his introductory rite and concluding rite.
The day is the introductory rite; the night is the concluding rite.
His eastern rays are the first day;