Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.6.19

26.6.19

āvad vai prathamasya ahno rūpam / (soma: chandomāh)

xxvi. 10. ‘That desirable of Savitṛ’ is (the triplet) to Savitṛ, containing (the word) ‘forward’ in ‘May he forward our prayers’; that which contains (the word) ‘forward’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘Let the two come forward with weal for the sacrifice’ is (the triplet) to sky and earth, containing (the word) ‘forward’; that which contains (the word) ‘forward’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘This to the race divine’ is (the triplet) to the Ṛbhus, containing (the word) ‘hither’ in ‘The hymn by the sages with their mouth (āsayā)’; that which contains (the word) ‘hither’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘With straight leading for us, O Varuṇa’ is a five-verse (hymn) to the All-gods, containing (the word) ‘lead’; that which contains (the word) ‘lead’ is a symbol of the seventh day. ‘Come hither with thy beauty’ is (a hymn) in verses of two Padas; it contains (the word) ‘hither’; that which contains (the word) ‘hither’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘Dread, supporting the people’ is (the hymn) to the All-gods, containing (the word) ‘hither’ in ‘O ye All-gods, come hither’; that which contains (the word) ‘hither’ is a symbol of the first day. It is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the third pressing. ‘Vaiçvānara to our aid’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara; containing (the word) ‘hither’ in ‘Hither, hither come forward from afar’; that which contains (the word) ‘hither’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘Forward to you the Triṣṭubh, food’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the word) ‘forward’; that which contains (the word) ‘forward’ is a symbol of the first day. ‘Singing, thee we invoke’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, containing (the words) ‘extend’ in ‘With thee they extend the sacrifice’; that which contains (the word)