Taittiriyabrahmana 3.10.10.1

3.10.10.1

iyáṃ vā́vá sarághā /
tásyā agnír evá sāragháṃ mádhu /
yā́ etā́ḥ pūrvapakṣāparapakṣáyo rā́trayaḥ /
tā́ madhukṛ́taḥ /
yā́ny áhāni /
té madhuvṛṣā́ḥ /
sá yó ha vā́ etā́ madhukṛ́taś ca madhúvṛṣā́m̐ś ca véda /
kruvánti hā́sya_etā́ agnáu mádhu /
nā́sya_iṣṭāpūrtáṃ dhayanti /
átha yó ná véda /

She indeed is the bee;
fire alone is her bee-honey.
Those nights of the waxing and waning fortnights,
they are the honey-makers (female bees);
those days,
they are the honey-drones (male bees).
Whoever knows these honey-makers and honey-drones,
they make honey for him in the fire;
they do not suck out his sacrificial and charitable deeds (iṣṭāpūrta).
Now, he who does not know,