Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 23.p7

23.p7

xxiii. 3. 'That desirable of Savitṛ' is the antistrophe by Viçvāmitra, to secure variety of the Pṛṣṭhyas. 'Strengthening by their thought' contains (the word) 'strength'; this is a symbol of this day. 'Up the god Savitṛ of the home' is (the hymn) to Savitṛ, containing (the word) 'cattle' in 'prosperity' in 'Prosperity to-day, O Savitṛ, prosperity also to-morrow'; containing (the word) 'cattle' is a symbol of this (day). 'The great ones, sky and earth, here the eldest' is (the hymn) to sky and earth, containing (the word) 'cattle' in 'steer' in 'Rousing the steer, in far-reaching courses'; containing (the word) 'cattle' is a symbol of this day. 'To us Ṛbhu, Vibhvan, Vāja, Indra' is (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus, containing (the word) 'cattle' in 'possessing cows' in 'Who that which possesseth cows, strength, of good heroes'; containing (the word) 'cattle' is a symbol of this (day). 'Who now, O Mitra and Varuṇa, pious one' is (the hymn) for the All-gods, containing (the word) 'cattle' in 'for bestowing of cattle' in 'To the pious strength as it were for the bestowing of cattle'; containing (the word) 'cattle' is a symbol of this (day). It contains an addition; this is a symbol of the Paṅkti. 'The swelling oblation, unaging, in the finder of light' is (the hymn) to Vaiçvānara; 'swelling' is a symbol of the fifth day. 'Even to the wise let it be a wondrous thing' is (the hymn) to the Maruts, containing (the word) 'cattle' in 'cow' in 'That owneth the common name of cow'; containing (the word) 'cattle' is a symbol of this (day). 'Agni is the Hotṛ, the householder, the king' is (the hymn) to Jātavedas, containing (the word) 'strength' in 'Help us, O bountiful one, in the winning of strength'; this is a symbol of this day. It contains an addition; this is a symbol of the Paṅkti. So in the transposed form. In the conjunct form, 'The head of the sky, the messenger of the earth' is (the hymn) to