Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.3.17

27.3.17

aikāhikam marutvatīyam /

impetuous strength' is the Marutvatīya of the one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; verily (it serves) for support. 'With what hath he come, the brilliant one?' and 'With what aid thou to us?', on the basis of the Vāmadevya is imposed the Rathantara. The Sāman is for Agni and is performed on Indra verses; this is a pairing, a symbol of generation. There are as many Uṣṇih triads as Pragāthas; one verse of two Padas forms the inserted verse, another the seventeenth of the hymn; this is made up. 'I shall proclaim the manly deeds of Indra' is the Niṣkevalya of the one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; the tenth day is a support; the two (verses of) two Padas are a metre on which to find support; verily (they serve) for support. 'To the god Savitṛ in the bowls the sage,' with this Atichandas verse he begins the Vaiçvadeva; it made up amounts to sixty-four syllables; these make up two Anuṣṭubhs; the antistrophe contains (the word) 'towards'; the explanation of this has been given. Then, before the 'Prosperity to us' hymn, he recites the 'Forward the bright' hymn; the one-day (rite) is a support; the tenth day is a support; (the verses) of two Padas are a metre on which to find support; verily (they serve) for support. The Agniṣṭoma Sāman as the Vāmadevya is performed on Virāj verses; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (verily they serve) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. Moreover the Vāmadevya is healing and medicine; verily thus at the end in the sacrifice are healing and medicine produced.