Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.6.7

25.6.7

mahi jyotī rurucur yadd ha vastor ity etena rūpeṇa / (soma: viṣuvat)

xxv. 7. 'I shall proclaim at the great assembly thy two bays', having recited nine verses of this (hymn) and having uttered the call, he inserts a Nivid. It contains (the word) 'sun' in 'Reveal to the bright one, the sun'; this is a symbol of this day. He then recites four verses of the 'All-bay' hymn. 'May the true one come hither, the generous, he of the Soma lees' has twenty-one verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'What time at the dawn they made to shine the great light.' These make up twenty-five. 'To the all conquering, the booty conquering, the light conquering' is six Jagatī verses, with the symbol (of this day) in 'To Indra the Soma, to him worthy of sacrifice the delightful.' These make up thirty-one. In these Jagatīs he performs the difficult mounting; he who here