Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.6.8

19.6.8

saṃvat tat saṃvatsaram abhivadati / (soma: gavāmayana)

xix. 9. ‘With what array, of one age, of one home?’ is the Marutvatīya. The ninth (verse) is ‘Thou canst not be overthrown, O generous one, no one’; with it he concludes, having recited in front of it the later verses, for they are verses to the Maruts, and this is connected (with Indra) only. There is in this (Çastra) ‘The Maruts are joined together’ containing (the word) ‘together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘That was the highest in the worlds’ is the Niṣkevalya, of Bṛhaddiva; here the Hotṛ pours seed with the Bṛhaddiva, (thinking) ‘That he propagates yonder with the Mahāvrata day.’ After each year the pouring of seed is fruitful. In this there is ‘Together they sing to thee, brought forward at the carouses,’ containing (the word) ‘together’; thus he refers to the year; this is the symbol of this day. ‘That of Savitṛ we choose’ and ‘To-day for us, O god Savitṛ’ are the normal strophe and antistrophe of the Vaiçvadeva; the explanation of these two has been given. ‘That desirable greatness of Savitṛ, the god’ is the Savitṛ (hymn) ; it contains (the word) ‘together’ in ‘Wealth with offspring for us together