Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.5.16

19.5.16

atha yatra caturviṃśa stomam upayanti /

The Pṛṣṭha (Stotra) in it is the Bṛhat (Sāman); this is the second of the days; the Bṛhat is the second of the Pṛṣṭhas; therefore is its Pṛṣṭha the Bṛhat. Again the Mahāvrata is fixed there where they approach the Caturviṅça; the Bṛhat is in its place the Pṛṣṭha of the Mahāvrata; therefore (they say) ‘Let the Bṛhat be the Pṛṣṭha of this (day).’ It has the word ‘together’; the year is uttered around about. There are in its verses the following symbols. ‘The Hotṛ is born, the wise’ is the Ājya of eight verses in Gāyatrī metre; the Stoma is in Gāyatrī metre; that Çastra is perfect which accords with the Stoma. The Praüga is of Madhuchandas; it is perfect; in its model are other Praügas shaped, (thinking) ‘May I have accomplished a rite successful from the beginning.’ ‘Thee like a car for aid’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; ‘This drink, O bright one, is pressed’ is the antistrophe. This is the regular one-day form; the explanation of it has been given.