Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.2.24

17.2.24

bārhatān eva tat paśūn yajamāne dadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

xvii. 2. Thereafter he transposes the metres which follow; the metres are the breaths; verily thus in the body he interweaves the breaths, to prevent separation; therefore these breaths, though breathing in different directions, do not blow out. Moreover the Ṣoḍaçin is connected with the Anuṣṭubh; verily thus he brings all the metres into relation with the Anuṣṭubh. He transposes Gāyatrī and Paṅkti verses; the Paṅkti is the metre of the sacrificer; the Gāyatrī is brilliance and splendour; verily thus he places brilliance and splendour in the sacrificer. He transposes Uṣṇih and Bṛhatī verses; the Uṣṇih is the metre of the sacrificer; the Bṛhatī is cattle; verily thus he confers cattle as connected with the Bṛhatī upon the sacrificer. He transposes a verse of two Padas containing twenty syllables and a Triṣṭubh; the verse of two Padas