Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.12

He buys it with four [articles]: with a cow, with silver, with a garment, [and] with a she-goat.

Up to four is a pair, a couple, productive for procreation.

Now that King Soma, the all-seeing one, is the moon.

He enters into this one as soon as it is bought.

When he buys King Soma,

[it is] so that King Soma yonder, the all-seeing moon, shall be pressed.

For it, when bought, he recites nine [verses].

These vital breaths are nine.

He thus places the vital breaths in the sacrificer,

for attaining a complete lifespan in this world,

for immortality in yonder [world].

He recites a verse containing 'forth' for [Soma] being brought forth: “From good go forth to better!”

“May Bṛhaspati be thy leader!”

Bṛhaspati is indeed the sacred power.

[It is] for the attainment of the glory of sacred power.

He recites two Triṣṭubh verses addressed to Varuṇa: “This prayer of him who is striving, O god,” [and] “In the woods he extended the mid-region.”

The Triṣṭubh is princely power.

Varuṇa is princely power.

[It is] for the attainment of the glory of princely power.

He recites four Gāyatrī verses addressed to Soma: “Soma, those [powers] of thine which are refreshing.”

The Gāyatrī is sacred power.

Soma is princely power.

[It is] for the attainment both of the glory of sacred power and of the glory of princely power.

Having spoken a half-verse of the last of them, he pauses.

The verse is immortality.

He enters into immortality.

Moreover, the verse is sacred power.

He thus makes the two half-verses a shield of sacred power on both sides.

Therefore, wherever one should pause after a half-verse,

that is just this ritual explanation.

He recites a verse containing 'forth' for [Soma] entering [the hall]: “Those abodes of thine which they worship with oblation.”

With a verse containing 'come' and containing 'seasons' he concludes: “The god has come; with the seasons may he increase the dwelling.”

“King Soma is indeed the year,” Kauṣītaki used to say;

“approaching, he approaches together with the seasons.”

He recites proper verses.

What is proper in the sacrifice is successful, for the success of the sacrifice.

He recites nine [verses].

Their Brāhmaṇa has been stated.

With the first [recited] thrice, [and] with the last thrice, they amount to thirteen.

The year indeed has twelve months.

[It is] indeed for the attainment of the year.

There is a thirteenth month,

an intercalary one, as it were, known; [it is] for the attainment of it, for the attainment of it.