Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.10.1

25.10.1

trayodaśam adhicaram māsam āpnuvanti yad viśvajitam upayanti /

xxv. 11. They obtain this thirteenth month in that they perform the Viçvajit; the thirteenth month is as great as the year; here verily the whole year is made up. Of it they say 'The six-day (rite) is the one-day (rite)', for whatever is done each day in the six-day (rite) that is done on the one-day (rite), the Viçvajit. Much and varied is done on the Viçvajit, in that all the Pṛṣṭhas, and all the various Stomas are together put in it. Its Pṛṣṭha is openly the Vairāja, the Rathantara at the midday Pavamāna, the Bṛhat at the third Pavamāna is performed, the Çākvara as the Maitrāvaruṇa's, the Vairūpa as the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin's, the Raivata as the Achāvāka's. They obtain this thirteenth supernumerary month, for that is thirteenth, as they perform the Pṛṣṭhas; 'Agni men with praise from the fire sticks' is the Ājya of this (day) in Virāj verses; the explanation of this has been given. The Praüga is by Madhuchandas; the explanation of this has been given. '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. 'With what array, of one age, of one home? is the Marutvatīya; the 'What array' hymn contains the word 'who'; the Viçvajit as Prajāpati is 'Who'. The strophe and antistrophe of the Vairāja are the strophe and antistrophe; in them he inserts a repeated *o* just as yonder in the fourth day (rite); for as it is in Virāj it is not the place to omit the repetition of *o*; then there is the inserted verse, then the Pragātha in which Indra is attained; then he recites the bases of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. 'That was the best in the worlds' is the Niṣkevalya; the sacrifice is the best in the worlds; the Viçvajit as Prajāpati is the sacrifice. Then, if the third pressing of the sixth day is the third pressing, (it is because) the sixth day is connected with Prajāpati, the Viçvajit is Prajāpati. The strophe is from the one-day (rite); the Viçvajit is a one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; verily (it serves) for support. The antistrophe contains the word 'towards'; the explanation of this has been given.