Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.3.19

28.3.19

sapta vai prāñca āsīnā vaṣaṭ kurvanti iti vadantaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam))

xxviii. 3. Six some repeat at the morning pressing for (the goblets) being filled; (six the Maitrāvaruṇa) himself, the Achāvāka the seventh; seven each at the second and third pressings, saying 'Seven seated eastwards perform the vaṣaṭ call.' As to this they say 'According to the hymn should he recite, for these are the invitatory verses of the Hotṛ, for these goblets they fill up goblet by goblet as the Hotṛ's; therefore should he recite according to the hymn.' Then the Hotrakas sacrifice together; the explana-