Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.2.23

21.2.23

candramasam devam devatānām /

fourth day: ‘Born without steed, without reins, worthy of praise’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman’ is (the hymn) to the All-gods, containing (the word) ‘born’ in ‘Having caused the sacrifice to be born they wipe their bodies’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘To Vaiçvānara with broad radiance bards’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara, containing (the word) ‘hither’ in ‘In him the sacrificer looks hither for favour’; that which contains (the word) ‘hither’ is a symbol of the fourth day as an opening ceremony, for the fourth day is a repetition of the opening ceremony. In ‘Born thou didst fill the worlds, the two firmaments’, it contains (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘Those that shine forth, like women, the racers’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. ‘He hath been born, guardian of men, wakeful’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, containing (the word) ‘born’; that which contains (the word) ‘born’ is a symbol of the fourth day. Food with the fourth day they obtain, the moon the god, the quarters the supreme essence of the deities; the ear they confer upon themselves.