Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.8.18

25.8.18

jyotir vā agniṣṭomaḥ /

this is a symbol of this day. ‘To him who sitteth on the altar, with a dear abode, of fair radiance’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, with the symbol (of this day) in ‘The light, the car, of bright hue destroying the darkness.’ These are the hymns of the Āgnimāruta (Çastra). These are the hymns of this day. It is an Agniṣṭoma. The Agniṣṭoma is light; he who here gives heat is light; verily thus they make light successful with light; immortality they obtain who perform the Viṣuvant day.