Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.3.14

18.3.14

atha vai cakrīvad āśvinam / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

xviii. 4. The Āçvina is like (a wagon) with wheels; the two Ālambanas are the wheels, the aimless verses the axle, (the verse ) ‘Hither your chariot, O Açvins, with the speed of the falcon’ the seat; the four Agastya hymns the yokes. This is the chariot of the gods. With this chariot of the gods he attains in safety the world of heaven. (The Çastra) should include the Suparṇa; the Suparṇa is a bird; like it becoming a winged one, a bird, so he attains in safety the world of heaven. Twice he utters the call for the Āçvina, for the introduction and for the concluding verse; that is as when one, not being covered, makes a covering by an obstruction. Now comes the question of the conclusion. Whenever the sun creeps over on to the front (of the oblation holder), whenever the Hotṛ himself can discern it,