Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.5.13

25.5.13

evam nu yadi bṛhat sva yonau vā asva yonau vā kuryuḥ /

strophe, containing (the word) 'sun'; this is a symbol of this day. 'If, O Indra, a hundred skies were thine' is the antistrophe, containing (the word) 'sun' in 'a thousand suns'; this is the symbol of this day. 'Who most active, ever slayeth' is the Pragātha of the Sāman, containing (the word) 'sun' in 'In bodies, in the waters, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. Then he recites the bases of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. 'Indra hath knowledge for the hearing of this' is the beginning of the litany; the explanation of this has been given. 'Who alone is to be invoked by mortals' is (the hymn) in Triṣṭubh; the explanation of this has been given. So now if they perform the Bṛhat on its own basis or on a different basis. If they perform without the two Sāmans, it is the same up to the beginning of the litany; he should take out the bases of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. 'Praise him who hath might to overcome' is (the hymn) in Triṣṭubh, with the symbol in 'Increase with praises the bull of mortals.' The next is the same. 'The ram, much invoked, worthy of praise' is (the hymn) in Jagatī, containing (the word) 'sun' in 'Thou didst indeed mount the sun in heaven to see'; this is a symbol of this day. Both sets, Triṣṭubh and Jagatī, are recited; the sun here gives heat, resting established on the Triṣṭubh and the Jagatī; thus it openly they touch.