Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.7.17

8.7.17

traiṣṭubhe pañcarce tac cakṣuḥ / (soma: pravargya)

viii. 6. ‘Make sacrifice to the two who move in the morning first,’ (he utters) in the forenoon this hymn; ‘Agni shineth, the forefront of the dawns’ in the afternoon. They are Triṣṭubh (hymns), of five verses; that is the eye. ‘I praise sky and earth for first inspiration’ is in Jagatī, of twenty-five verses; that is the ear. That is the head; that head is complete in which there is breath, speech, the eye and the ear. Thus them in it he places. When it is said, ‘Glowing is the pot,’ he utters in praise this appropriate (verse ), containing (the word) ‘glow’, ‘The tawny one, the chief, hath made the dawns to glow.’ He concludes with (a verse ) containing (the word) ‘around’, ‘With days and with nights guard us around.’ He utters in praise appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. They make up