Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.2

24.2.1

vāyavyām purorucam śastvā atha ubhe vāyavye tṛce /

having recited the puroruc to Vāyu, then both triplets to Vāyu;

24.2.2

aindra vāyavīm pururucam śastvā atha ubhe aindra vāyave tṛce /

having recited the puroruc to Indravāyū, then both triplets to Indravāyū;

24.2.3

atha purorucam atha ubhe tṛce / (soma: abhijit)

then the puroruc, then both triplets;

24.2.4

atha purorucam atha ubhe tṛce /

then the puroruc, then both triplets.

24.2.5

evam eva sampravayet /

Just so should he interweave [them].

24.2.6

mādhucchandasāny eva pūrvāṇi tṛcāni karoti gārtsamadāny uttarāṇi / (soma: abhijit)

He makes the Mādhucchandasa triplets first, the Gārtsamada ones subsequent.

24.2.7

tad u vā āhuḥ kim tad ubhau sampravayet /

Regarding this, they also say: "Why should he interweave both?

24.2.8

mādhucchandasa eva prauge sati gārtsamadam vaiśvadevam upariṣṭān mādhucchandasasya vaiśvadevasya paryāharet / (soma: abhijit)

The Prauga remaining Mādhucchandasa, he should bring around the Gārtsamada All-gods [triplet] after the Mādhucchandasa All-gods [triplet]."

24.2.9

tad vā atra ekam nirukta bārhatam /

There is here one [characteristic] explicitly related to Bṛhat:

24.2.10

viśve devāsa ā gata śṛṇutā ma imam havam /

"All gods, come hither, hear this call of mine!

xxiv. 2. ‘O ye All-gods, come hither; hear this my call; sit on this strew’. (The word) “strew” is a symbol of the Bṛhat.’ Then (comes) (the triplet) to Sarasvatī of Madhuchandas. ‘Let him conclude with the last verse of it; so let the morning pressing be in the one-day form’ is the rule. The Abhijit is a one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; verily (it serves) for support. ‘Thee like a car for aid’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; ‘This drink, O bright one, is pressed’ is the antistrophe; this is the normal one-day form; the explanation of it has been given. ‘Thou hast been born dread for impetuous strength’, having recited this of Gaurīvīti first, he inserts a Nivid in the five-verse hymn of Bṛhatī verses,

24.2.11

ā idam barhir ni ṣīdata iti / (soma: abhijit)

Sit down upon this sacred grass!"

24.2.12

barhir iti tad bārhatam rūpam /

"Sacred grass" (barhis)—that is the Bṛhat characteristic.

24.2.13

atha mādhucchandasam sārasvatam śastvā tasya eva uttamayā paridadhyād iti / (soma: abhijit)

Then, having recited the hymn to Sarasvatī by Madhucchandas, he should conclude with its final [verse].

24.2.14

aikāhikam prātaḥ savanam syād iti sā sthitiḥ /

The morning pressing should be that of a one-day rite: that is the established rule.

24.2.15

ekāho vā abhijit /

For the Abhijit is a one-day rite;

24.2.16

pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaha pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: abhijit)

a one-day rite is a firm foundation, for the sake of a firm foundation.