Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.5.11

18.5.11

tāsām bhūyiṣṭhā dhānānām ādadīta / (soma: aAśvina śastra)

finds support. The offering verse contains (the words) 'be drunk', for the third pressing is connected with 'be drunk'. He says the second vaṣaṭ for the healing of the libations, for the support of the libations. He should take the most of the grains; the grains are cattle; verily thus he confers a multitude of cattle upon himself. In that they mutter the Ṛc, in that they offer the libation, verily thus they produce a benediction, for the healing of the sacrifice, and for the curing of the sacrificer. They cast them down on the ash border of the Āhavanīya; the Āhavanīya is the birthplace of cattle; verily thus he places them in a secure fold.