Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.11.4

23.11.4

atho prājāpatyam vai ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ / (soma: pṛṣṭhya sadaha)

xxiii. 8. 'To the god Savitṛ in the bowls, the sage', with this (verse) in a metre beyond the normal he begins the Vaiçvadeva; the sixth day is connected with a metre beyond the normal; the metre beyond the normal thus attains the third pressing. Moreover the sixth day is connected with Prajāpati; Prajāpati is beyond the normal metre; this is a symbol of Prajāpati. The antistrophe contains (the word) 'towards'; the explanation of this has been given. 'Up this god Savitṛ for instigation' is (the hymn)