Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.3.10

25.3.10

bṛhad etasya ahnaḥ pṛṣṭham syād iti ha eka āhuḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

xxv. 4. ‘The Bṛhat should be the Pṛṣṭha of this day’ some hold, saying ‘He who here gives heat is connected with the Bṛhat; the Bṛhat gives heat; moreover, the Mahādivākīrtya is not a Pṛṣṭha, the Bṛhat and Rathantara are openly Pṛṣṭhas; therefore the Bṛhat alone should be the Pṛṣṭha of this day.’ If they should perform the Bṛhat on a Pragātha containing (the word) ‘sun’ and Pragāthas containing ‘sun’, (it is) with the symbol of this day. ‘Indra hath knowledge for the hearing of this’ is the beginning of the litany, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘He is the lively pathmaker for the sun’; this is the symbol of this day. ‘The Mahādivākīrtya alone should be the Pṛṣṭha of this day’ is the rule. The Mahādivākīrtya is openly a Sāman; thus with its own Sāman they make it success-