Kathakagrihyasutra 67.1.6

67.1.6

he varuṇa imaṃ havamāhvānaṃ mama śrudhi śṛṇu, adya cāsminnevāhani mṛḍaya ca sukhaya ca māṃ, yattvāmavasyurācake, avanamavaḥ avamicchannavasyuḥ tvatto rakṣaṇamicchannahaṃ tvāmācake paśyāmi| aśvamedhe'dhigamyamānasyāśvasya stutiriyam, ihāpi bhaktyā caroruditā| aśvo hyaśrotervyāptikarmaṇaḥ, aśanaṃ vyāpanaṃ vīryaviśeṣasya tatprabha(bhā)vatvāt| vājī aśvaḥ śasanaṃ viśasanamupaprāgāt, viśasito'śva ityarthaḥ| kīdṛśo vājī| iyartītyarvā vegavān| anyacca, kīdṛśaḥ devadrīcā devaprāpakeṇa devānā māyattena manasā dīdhyāno dīpyamānaḥ prakāśamānaḥ śobhamāna iti yāvat| yajñaviśeṣopayogena hyaśvasya devatvaprāptirbhavati| smaryate hi - 'yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayameva svayambhuvā| yajñāya nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ saṃprayāntyucchritīḥ parāḥ||' (manu.5.39) iti| ajaḥ puro nīyate nābhirasya, asyāśvasya puro'gre ajo nīyate viśasyate nābhiriva, yathā nābhirasya jīvādrutkhinnavapārūpeṇa pūrvaṃ nīyate tathā'ja ityarthaḥ| anu paścāt kavayo yanti rebhāḥ, asyāśvasya vināśātpaścādnebhā ṛtvijo'nuyanti gacchanti pracaranti| kīdṛśā rebhāḥ| kavayaḥ krāntadarśanāḥ pāṭhakāśca yājyādeḥ| aśvamedhe baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇo gṛhītādhijyadhanuranenocyate, ihāpyanena home