Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 21.4.1

21.4.1

jyotiḥ ṣaṣṭham ahar upayanti /

xxi. 4. They perform the Jyotis as the sixth day; the symbols in its verses are those of the sixth day. ‘O friends, together the seemly’ is the Ājya; ‘O friends’ is the symbol of all; the sixth day has the symbol all; therefore in ‘O friends’ he refers to all. The Praüga is one to be gathered together; when the Bṛhat Sāman was created, the Praüga which is to be gathered together was created after it; thus he makes the rite successful with its symbol; that rite is likely to cause success which is successful with its symbol. ‘Great is Indra, manlike, spreading over mortals’ is the Marutvatīya; there is repetition in ‘He hath become broad, wide,