Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.3.30

17.3.30

sarveṣv eva tad bhūteṣu yajamānam pratiṣṭhāpayati / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra)

xvii. 3. Then he recites Anuṣṭubhs of normal type; the Ṣoḍaçin is connected with the Anuṣṭubh; thus he causes it to prosper by its own symbol. They make up eight; by these (verses) the gods attained all attainments; verily thus also with these the sacrificer attains all attainments. With the last verse thrice repeated they make up ten; the Virāj consists of tens; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. He concludes with ‘When up to the place of the bright one’; yonder is the place of the bright one where he yonder gives heat; verily thus he places the sacrificer there. Three times he utters the call for the Ṣoḍaçin, in the strophe, for the Nivid, for the concluding verse; the Ṣoḍaçin is threefold; verily thus with a threefold thunderbolt he smites the evil of the sacrificer. These are the fame, the sounds, the strengths of the litanies. Famous, resounding, strong, renowned does he become who knows thus the strengths of the litanies. They recited together make up forty Anuṣṭubhs; the Paṅkti has forty syllables; the Paṅkti is a support; verily thus in all creatures he establishes the sacrificer.