Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.3.26

21.3.26

pṛkṣasya vṛṣṇo aruṣasya nū saha iti vaiśvānarīyam /

taining (the word) ‘cattle’ is the symbol of this. ‘Hitherward the god Savitṛ with the golden’ is (the hymn) to Savitṛ, containing (the word) ‘ghee’ in ‘With ghee both hands he imbueth, the sacrificer’; in ‘ghee’ it contains (the word) ‘cattle’; containing (the word) ‘cattle’ is a symbol of this. ‘Rich in ghee, encompassing the worlds’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth, containing (the word) ‘ghee’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘My work hath been stretched; now is it stretched again’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus, containing (the word) ‘ghee’ in ‘As ghee with the ladle let us offer with knowledge’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘How, of what one of the gods, in this service?’ is (the hymn) to the All-gods, containing (the word) ‘cattle’ in ‘Winners of thousands’ in ‘Winners of thousands in the attainment of the offering, by themselves’; containing (the word) ‘cattle’ is the symbol of this. ‘The might of the swift, strong, ruddy one’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara, containing (the word) ‘cattle’ in ‘the bulls’ in ‘The bulls seized them in the lap of the waters’; containing (the word) ‘cattle’ is the symbol of this. ‘Your spy hath called to you to accord favour’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the word) ‘cattle’ in ‘as of kine’ in ‘As of kine the lofty horn for splendour’; containing (the word) ‘cattle’ is the symbol of this. ‘Wonderous is the growth of the tender young one’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, containing (the word) ‘strong’ in ‘To the most strong, the mighty, O thou of a good father’; this is a symbol of this day; it contains an addition. Cattle by the fifth day they obtain, Rudra the god, fame the supreme essence of the deities; they confer strength upon themselves.