Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.9.25

26.9.25

ity etasya ahnaḥ sūktāni /

(the word) ‘great’ in the word ‘increase’, for this day contains (the word) ‘great’. It is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the third pressing. ‘Vaiçvānara hath produced’ is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara, containing (the word) ‘great’ in ‘waxing great’ in ‘Waxing great with might on the earth’, for this day contains (the word) ‘great’. ‘What now, when as a dear?’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the idea) ‘begun’. ‘The messenger of you, of all knowledge’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas. Or ‘O Agni, be merciful; thou art great’, an eight-verse hymn for the eighth day, but the former is the rule. It contains (the word) ‘great’ in ‘He great the recess of the sky’, for this day contains (the word) ‘great’. It is in Gāyatrī, for this set of three days has the Gāyatrī at the third pressing. These are the hymns of the Āgnimāruta. These are the hymns of this day. It is an Ukthya. It obtains what the second day obtains.