Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.2

English (machine translation) 29.2

Then, when the Pavamāna [stoma] has been chanted, they proceed with the warm sour milk; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.

Then they proceed with the havis-paṅkti; its brāhmaṇa has been stated.

At midday he recites [verses] composed by Vasiṣṭha for the [cups] being drawn.

Vasiṣṭha indeed proclaimed the soma at midday to Indra.

These [verses] contain [the word] "ava" and contain [the word] "hari", having the form of an invitatory verse.

They are Triṣṭubh verses addressed to Indra.

For the midday pressing belongs to Indra and is in the Triṣṭubh meter.

He recites ten [verses].

For here they fill ten goblets.

Then the hotrās sacrifice together; the explanation of them has been stated.

With Triṣṭubh verses addressed to Indra, they sacrifice for those [cups] that are set forth at midday.

For the midday pressing belongs to Indra and is in the Triṣṭubh meter.

They make the secondary vaṣaṭ-call, indeed for the appeasement of the oblations,

[and] for the firm support of the oblations.

Then [comes] the iḍā, then the goblet of the hotṛ; the explanation of it has been stated.

When the offerings for the sacrificial gifts have been offered, the sacrificial gifts are led forward; the explanation of them has been stated.

He recites the invitatory verse of the Marutvatīya draught composed by Viśvāmitra; the explanation of it has been stated.

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