Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.10.28

23.10.28

yāhi madānām pata upa no haribhir iti ninartiḥ /

xxiii. 7. 'Rich be ours in joint carouse', and 'Rich the praiser of the rich', thus the Vāravantīya is imposed on the foundation of the Raivata. The Sāman is addressed to Agni, with verses to Indra; it makes a pairing, a symbol of generation. 'Praise naught else' is the Pragātha of the Sāman; in 'O friends' in 'O friends, come not to harm' it is the symbol of all; the sixth day is the symbol of all; therefore in 'O friends' he refers to all. 'O Indra, come to us from afar' is by Parucchepa; the explanation of this has been given. (It contains) 'from afar'; from afar is the end; the sixth day is the end; he places the end in the end. 'The greatnesses of this great one' is the normal Triṣṭubh support of the pressing; the explanation of this has been given. There is repetition in 'The greatnesses of this great one'; the sixth day is the end; having gone to the end, he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? 'With the bay steeds to our pressed (drink)' is the Niṣkevalya. There is repetition in 'Come, O lord of the draughts, to us with the bay steeds'; the sixth day is the end; having gone to the end, he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? It is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the midday pressing.