Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.6.6

12.6.6

ṛcam sa svāda āyatanāc cyavayati /

xii. 5. ‘Should the Pavamāna be followed up or not?’ (they ask). ‘It should not be followed up,’ they say. The abode of the Ṛc is where the Hotṛ stands; that of the Sāman where they yonder sing the Sāman. He who follows up removes the Ṛc from its own abode, and makes the Ṛc a follower of the Sāman. Therefore he should not follow up, (thinking) ‘Let me not remove the Ṛc from its own abode’ and ‘Let me not make the