Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.12.22

25.12.22

tad enam amṛtāt chandaso amṛtatvāya prajanayanti / (soma: viśvajit)

xxv. 13. In the Āgnimāruta (Çastra) the Hotṛ having recited the Rudra verse, recites the Evayāmarut hymn in Paṅkti form; the sacrifice is fivefold; verily (it serves) to obtain the sacrifice. 'Let me not,' (he thinks), 'obstract the Çilpa of the Achāvāka.' Moreover Rudra is the oldest and best of the gods, the Atichandas of metres, the Viçvajit of one-day rites. Thus he makes it successful with its own symbol. At three verses of it should he repeat *o*; if he desire to repeat *o* he should do it at all. The repetition of *o* is food; the breaths are food; the Çilpas are the breaths; verily thus he places the breath in the breaths. Moreover by the Viçvajit Prajāpati propagated all offspring, and conquered all. Thus is it the Viçvajit. Now is he born who sacrifices with the Viçvajit; therefore does he repeat *o*. Stumbling as it were does he move as he seeks to walk for the first time. Thus him from the immortal metre he propagates to immortality. They obtain immortality who perform the Viçvajit.