Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.p3

16.p3

xvi. 1. The morning pressing belongs to the Vasus, the midday pressing to the Rudras, the third pressing to the Ādityas. In that he commences the third pressing with the Āditya cup, verily thus he begins with its own deity. Moreover this pressing has the sap extracted, in that it is the third pressing. The Āditya cup is full of sap; thereby verily he makes the third pressing possessed of sap. Having recited a Triṣṭubh as the invitatory verse for the Āditya cup, he utters a Triṣṭubh as the offering verse; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he confers might and strength upon the sacrificer. He does not say the second *vaṣaṭ* (thinking) 'The Āditya cup is the continuity of the pressing; the