Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.3.10

27.3.10

mādhuc chandasaḥ praugas tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /

xxvii. 2. 'O Agni, this to-day as a steed with praises' is the Ājya. That being created for the tenth day he need not make up. He need not trouble as to this; it is made up here. The Praüga is by Madhuchandas; the explanation of this has been given. With an Atichandas (verse), 'In the three bowls the bull that mixed with barley, he of strong power,' he begins the Marutvatīya. It made up amounts to sixty-four syllables; these make up two Anuṣṭubhs. 'Sing aloud to Indra' and 'Forward to Indra, the great', these two Pragāthas he recites along with the 'Water swellers' before the hymn; so it is made up. 'Thou hast been born dread, for