Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.p29

6.p29

verse. The latter contains the word ‘out’, ‘Let your tongue move out towards the ghee’; that is the symbol of the offering verse. The invitatory and offering verses are Triṣṭubh verses; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he confers upon the sacrificer might and strength. ‘The conclusion of the approving formula’ he says at the sacrificial food offering and at the Sūktavāka; when the cake for Agni and Viṣṇu is offered then he says ‘Consecrated’; therefore he should say only ‘The conclusion of the approving formula.’ Just as in the case of the consecrated, he does not utter the name of the sacrificer in the Sūktavāka; the consecrated is a divine embryo; they give no name to an embryo unborn; therefore he does not utter his name.