Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 14.4.3

14.4.3

tāny aṣṭāv akṣarāṇi / (soma: prātaḥ savana)

xiv. 3. ‘Let us two recite’, he calls out at the morning pressing; in that they make the Praṇava pure, it is a symbol of this world; in that they make it end in *m*, it is one of yonder (world). In that they make the Praṇava pure, (it is thinking) ‘Turned away is yonder world; let us not go turning away.’ Moreover, this world is generation; verily (it serves) for generation; this world is a support; verily (it serves) for support. ‘Let us recite, O divine one,’ the Adhvaryu (replies). These are eight syllables. ‘The hymn hath been uttered,’ the Hotṛ should say inaudibly at the