Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.6.24

17.6.24

prathama rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti /

xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras.