Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.7.34

25.7.34

tyam ū ṣu vājinam deva jūtam iti tārkṣyas tisraḥ / (soma: viṣuvat)

twenty-three. ‘To the all-conquering’, (these) are six verses. These make up twenty-nine. The ‘difficult mounting’ verses are seven. These make up thirty-six. ‘Thou art alone the lord of wealth’ is a Triṣṭubh (hymn) of five verses, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou didst destroy at the rising of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. These make up forty-one. ‘This strong one, god speeded’, (these) are three (verses), with the symbol (of this day) in ‘As the sun with light, he hath stretched out the waters’. These make up forty-four. The bird (hymn) is three (verses); these make up forty-seven. ‘Lead us to wide space, wise one’, with this concluding verse thrice repeated, they make up fifty; the preceding are fifty-one. They make up a hundred and one verses; the explanation of these has been given.