Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.8.27

8.8.27

tathā ha yajamānātpaśavo anutkrāmukā bhavanti / (soma: pravargya)

viii. 7. He utters in praise appropriate (verses) for the milking; what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (it serves) for the perfection of the sacrifice. He utters in praise the two appropriate (verses), containing (the word) ‘pour’, ‘In the pressed pour the admixture’ and ‘Now hath the Ṛṣi for the Açvins.’ He utters in praise the appropriate (verse), ‘Up the god Savitṛ with the golden,’ containing the word ‘lift up’ as (the pot) is being lifted up. He utters in praise an appropriate (verse) addressed to Brahmaṇaspati, containing (the word) ‘forward’ as they move forward, ‘Let Brahmaṇaspati move forward.’ As they go he utters in praise (the verse) appropriate in containing (the word) ‘flying’, ‘The eagle flying in the vault.’ With two (verses) should he utter the offering prayer; strength is a pair; (verily it serves) to win strength; with a Triṣṭubh in the verses on the forenoon, for it, being connected with the Triṣṭubh, keeps supporting the three worlds; with a Jagatī in the verses in the afternoon, for it is connected with the Jagatī, for as it goes to rest all the world (*jagat*) goes to rest with it. ‘Inverting the two verses from the Saṃhitā should he utter the call of *vaṣaṭ*,’ some say, but the rule is to follow the traditional text. He utters in praise subsequent (verses) which are appropriate; what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (they serve) for the perfection of the sacrifice. ‘O thou rich in oblation, oblation, the mighty seat of the gods’ (he says) before the accomplishment of the libation; verily thus he makes it with renewed oblation and unexhausted. He concludes with (a verse) containing a benediction, ‘From eating the good pasture mayest thou be of good fortune’; verily thus he pronounces a benediction for cattle; so are cattle not liable to stray from the sacrificer. In that he