Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.6.30

19.6.30

yajñasya vo rathyam viśpatim viśām iti śāryātam vaiśvadevam / (soma: gavāmayana)

may he instigate’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘They two, sky and earth, all weal producing’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Force to be glorified may ye together instigate for us’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘Why hath the best, why hath the youngest come to us?’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus; ‘Thus in the year to-day did ye discern’ (it contains); thus openly he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘The charioteer of the sacrifice, the lord of the folk’ is the Vaiçvadeva hymn of Çaryāta; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together have Indra, Mitra, and Varuṇa pondered’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘To Vaiçvānara the praise, increasing holy order’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘With skill, as (a carpenter’s) axe a car, he brings together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘To the strong host, majestic, pious’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together I adorn the words, powerful in the assemblies’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘With the sacrifice make to increase the All-knower’ is (the hymn) for Jātavedas; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Together giving riches shine among us’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of the day. These are the Āgnimāruta hymns; these are the hymns of this day. So the day is either an Agniṣṭoma or an Ukthya; ‘an Agniṣṭoma is it’ is the view of Pāiṅgya, ‘an Ukthya is it’ is the view of Kauṣītaki.