Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.11.21

27.11.21

atha yad vyūḍha samūḍhā upayanti /

xxvii. 7. In that they perform the Daçarātra in its conjunct form, verily (it serves) to obtain all desires. In that they perform it in its transposed form, verily (it serves) to obtain all the metres. In that they perform both the transposed and the conjunct forms, verily (it serves) to confer variety on the Daçarātra. The conjunct form was alone in the beginning. The metres desired one another's place, (thinking) 'Let us all be first, all be in the middle, and all at the end.' Moreover thus he makes all the metres