Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 27.7

English (machine translation) 27.7

Now, as to their undertaking the redundant Ukthya,

it is the mind alone that they thereby please.

They recite along with all sacrifices;

for this is the measure of the mind.

When the day is concluded, before the patnīsamyājas, at this time they crawl up [to the sadas],

saying: 'The wives are not fit for sacrifice, for they are outside the altar.'

However, the established rule is indeed: 'When the patnīsamyājas are concluded.'

For at this point only a small world of the rival is left over.

Having crawled up, they chant on the verses of the Sārparājñī.

This [earth] is the Sārparājñī;

for she is queen of whatever crawls.

Moreover, speech is the Sārparājñī;

for speech is queen of whatever crawls.

Moreover, the cow is the Sārparājñī;

for the cow is queen of whatever crawls.

'This spotted bull has stepped forward'—he should not omit this triplet, for the non-interruption of the stotriya.

'Bestow manly power upon us'—

manly power is food;

he thereby places food in the sacrifice and in the sacrificers.

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