Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 28.3

28.3

sa bhīta ādityaḥ prajāpatimupādhāvat | tasya svasamīpaṃ prāptasya asurajayāya prajāpatiretad vakṣyamāṇaṃ bheṣajaṃ pratīkāram apaśyat | ṛtam anṛtavarjanam ! satyaṃ yathārthabhāṣaṇam | brahma ṛgvedādikam | oṃkāraṃ praṇavam | tripadāṃ pādatrayavatīṃ gāyatrīṃ ceti | kiṃ ca | yathoktasya bheṣajasya brahmaṇo mukhaṃ pradhānam iti apaśyat |
atha kṣayapradarśanānantaraṃ saṃbharaṇaṃ candramasaḥ kalābhiḥ poṣaṇam ucyata iti śeṣaḥ | yatra candrakalā cānupūrvamanupraviṣṭā tāṃ tebhyaḥ [saṃbharanti] | katham ? oṣadhībhyo vanaspatibhyaśca | apuṣpāḥ phalavanto vanaspatayastebhyaśca | gobhyaḥ paśubhyaśca ādityācca brahmaṇaśca | brahma mantrādyātmako vedaḥ, tasmād | brāhmaṇa!stam eteṣūṣitaṃ candramasaṃ saṃnayante sampāḍanayanti | yasmādevaṃ tasmāt sāṃnnāyyasya saṃnayanasaṃbandhinaścandramasaḥ sāṃnnāyyatvam | yathā paśubhiroṣadhībhyaśca
saṃnīya vapātmani (nā?), saṃnayanād dadhipayasoḥ sāṃnāvyatvam | tathā ca taittirīyā āmananti- etadasmai saṃnayateti | tatpaśava oṣadhībhyo'dhyātmensamanayan | tatpratyaduhan | yatsamanayan tatsāṃnāyyasya sāṃnāvyatvam | (tai. saṃ. 2. 5. 3. 3) iti | evamatrāpītyarthaḥ |
athedānīmanumatyādipatitvena candramasaṃ praśaṃsati-