Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.11.10

25.11.10

tad āhur atha kasmād viśvajiti sarva pṛṣṭha ekāhe tṛtīya savane śilpāni śasyante kasmād agniṣṭome madhyaṃdina iti / (soma: viśvajit)

xxv. 12. They say 'Why in the Viçvajit with all the Stomas as a one-

day rite are the Çilpas recited at the third pressing? Why (in it) as an Agniṣṭoma at the midday pressing?' The Çilpas are the lower breaths; the sacrifice is man; the morning pressing is the upper breaths; the midday is the body; the third pressing the lower; these are the Çilpas; therefore the Çilpas are performed at the third pressing, for this is their abode. Then why are the Çilpas recited at the midday pressing in the Viçvajit as an Agniṣṭoma in a year-long sacrificial session? The Pṛṣṭhas are the body; the Çilpas are the breaths; the breaths are not known without the body, nor without the breaths the body; assuredly the two are not severable. Therefore are the Çilpas recited at the midday pressing in the Viçvajit as an Agniṣṭoma, (for they think) 'Let me not separate the body from the breaths.' Moreover, the Viçvajit is Prajāpati; as Prajāpati the Viçvajit is all; therefore all the Pṛṣṭhas are performed, all the Çilpas; the Viçvajit as Prajāpati is all; with all he obtains all he who knows thus.