Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.7

English (machine translation) 24.7

Having recited the two Pragāthas belonging to the two sāmans first, they recite the Pragāthas containing 'kad'.

He removes the two-verse sets and the holders of the pressing.

Regarding this they say: 'He should not insert the Nivid in Anuṣṭubh verses, [lest] he confuse the midday whose meters are arranged.'

Having recited the Anuṣṭubh verses first, he inserts the Nivid in the Triṣṭubh verses for the attainment of desire.

'Hitherward [bring] thy all-desirable chariot, O fierce one' on the first day contains 'hither', belonging to the Rathantara.

'Upward has our most bright [light arisen]' on the second contains 'upward', belonging to the Bṛhat.

'Together unto thee have the songs gone, O Indra, many' on the third has the form of having reached the end.

Thus the Nivid is inserted according to its proper place.

Inserted according to its proper place, it places them according to their proper place in all worlds and in all desires.

If the Svara sāmans are the Pṛṣṭha stotras,

then the Sāman singers perform the Bṛhat and Rathantara in the Pavamāna lauds.

If the Bṛhat and Rathantara should be the Pṛṣṭha stotras,

then the Sāman singers perform the Svara sāmans in the Pavamāna lauds.

'The Svara sāmans alone should be the Pṛṣṭha stotras,' said Kauṣītaki.

For these are the Svara-sāman days.

By means of the Pṛṣṭha stotras the gods touched the heavenly world.

In that the Svara sāmans become the Pṛṣṭha stotras,

it is for touching the heavenly world.

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