Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.2.23

19.2.23

atha etām agni cityāyām pañca haviṣam dīkṣaṇīyām iṣṭim eke tanvate / (soma: gavāmayana)

xix. 4. Then in the piling of the fire some offer this consecration sacrifice consisting of five oblations; the Paṅkti has five Padas; the sacrifice is fivefold; verily (it serves) to obtain the sacrifice. Then some offer this guest reception sacrifice, consisting of five oblations; the Paṅkti has five Padas; the sacrifice is fivefold; verily (it serves) to obtain the sacrifice. Then he recites these many fire (verses); for they carry forward many fires; they are four; all this (universe) is fourfold; verily (they serve) to obtain all this. (He recites) the first thrice and the last thrice; they make up eight; the Gāyatrī has eight syllables; Agni is connected with the Gāyatrī and has the Gāyatrī as metre; verily thus with their own metre they carry forward the fires. Then they pile for so much of the day as they wish. Then they celebrate it when piled with Sāmans. Then they say to the Hotṛ, ‘Mutter the Agni litany’; (the fire) when piled becomes Rudra, the unappeased one of the gods; him verily thus he appeases. He says the offering verse for Vaiçvānara distinctly, for he becomes distinct when they carry forward the fires.