Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.4.8

4.4.8

nāśane kāmam āpayīta /

iv. 4. Next as to the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice begins on the full moon night in the Phalgunīs; the full moon night in the Phalgunīs is the beginning of the year; therefore on it the proceedings of the unconsecrated are begun. Now Dakṣa Pārvatī, having sacrificed with this sacrifice, obtained all desires; in that he sacrifices with the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, verily (it serves) for the obtaining of all desires. He should not take pleasure in eating ; ‘Soma, the king, the moon I eat’, thus thinking in his mind should he eat; now the moon is Soma, the king, the wise; it on the second half of the month the gods press out. In that on the second half of the month he performs the vows of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice, (it is because he wishes) ‘Let me share in the Soma drinking of the gods.’ In that during the fast day he offers a cake on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma, thereby he obtains the victim for