Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.7.2

16.7.2

ekaviṃśo vai stomaḥ stomānām paramaḥ pratiṣṭhānīyaḥ / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies