Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.8.11

4.8.11

saumyaś caruḥ /

iv. 12. Next as to the Āgrayaṇa. He who desires proper food should sacrifice with the Āgrayaṇa. In the rains when the millet harvest has come, he gives orders to pluck millet. The new moon night which coincides with that time, on it should he sacrifice and then offer this sacrifice. If he is a full moon sacrificer, he should sacrifice with this and then offer the full moon sacrifice. If again he desires a Nakṣatra, he should in the first half of the month look out for a Nakṣatra and offer under the Nakṣatra which he desires. There are seventeen kindling verses in this sacrifice, the butter portions contain the word ‘being’; the invitatory and offering verses (of the Sviṣṭakṛt offering) are Virāj verses; the explanation of that has been given. There is a pap for Soma; Soma is the king of the plants; thus he delights him with his own subjects. In that he gives the honey drink, it is because this is the sap of the forest things.