Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.14

He should reside among a vaiśya;

the vaiśya indeed thrives, as it were,

for the attainment of whatever food is in a vaiśya.

He should reside among a kṣatriya;

For this is the highest food, namely the kṣatriya.

It is to obtain the highest food.

He should dwell with a brāhmaṇa of the same gotra.

It is to obtain the food that is within the same gotra.

For a year he should wander, sleeping on the ground, eating [only food] ploughed by the share, accepting [what is offered], not begging for food, wearing whatever [clothing he obtains].

He clothes himself with that.

“After wandering for twelve nights, he should then be ready for another prosperity,” Kauṣītaki used to say.

“The year consists indeed of twelve months;

it is the image of the year.”

The ājya [recitations] of the hotrakas belong to Prajāpati and are unexpressed.

Their stotriya verses are: “Enable us, of the earthly…”; “They yoke the ruddy steed…”; “Them indeed continuously they praise…”; or “Praise him who with flame…”.

Those that are the stotriya verses of the sixth day are the anurūpa verses of the Viśvajit.

For the sixth day belongs to Prajāpati;

the Viśvajit is Prajāpati.

The other five [verses] are that recitation.

With the concluding couplets they conclude.

The concluding couplets are indeed a firm foundation;

[it is] for a firm foundation, for a firm foundation.