Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.8.8

25.8.8

tad etasya ahno rūpam / (soma: viṣuvat)

xxv. 9. ‘That of Savitṛ we choose’ and ‘To-day for us, O god Savitṛ’ are the normal strophe and antistrophe of the Vaiçvadeva; the explanation of these two has been given. ‘They yoke their minds, they also yoke their thoughts’ is (the hymn) to Savitṛ, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘Thou dost shine forth with the rays of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘They two, sky and earth, all weal producing’ is (the hymn) to sky and earth, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘The god, the bright sun, between the goddesses in accord with law’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘Why hath the best, the youngest come to us?’ is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus with the symbol (of the day) in ‘He discerned’ in ‘What time he discerned the four beakers they had made.’ ‘I hail the gods of great fame, for security’ is (the hymn) for the All-gods, containing (the words) ‘sun’ and ‘light’ in ‘Those who obtained a share of the light of the sun’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘To Vaiçvānara, the praise, increasing holy order’ is (the hymn) for Vaiçvānara, containing (the words) ‘shining’, ‘radiance’, and ‘light’ in ‘Shining with radiance, with light in greatness’; this is a symbol of this day. ‘Forward the Maruts, devoted, with gleaming lances’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘The shining rays of the sun’;