Taittiriya Samhita 7.5.3
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 7, Prapathaka 5 · Verse 7.5.3
Sanskrit Original
प्र॒थ॒मे मा॒सि पृ॒ष्ठान्युप॑ यन्ति मध्य॒म उप॑ यन्त्युत्त॒म उप॑ यन्ति॒ तदा॑हु॒र्यां वै त्रिरेक॒स्याह्न॑ उप॒सीद॑न्ति द॒ह्रं वैसाप॑राभ्यां॒ दोहा᳚भ्यां दु॒हेऽथ॒ कुतः॒ सा धो᳚क्ष्यते॒ यां द्वाद॑श॒ कृत्व॑ उप॒सीद॒न्तीति॑ संवथ्स॒रꣳ सं॒ पाद्यो᳚त्त॒मे मा॒सि स॒कृत्पृ॒ष्ठान्युपे॑यु॒स्तद्यज॑माना य॒ज्ञं प॒शूनव॑ रुंधते समु॒द्रं वा ए॒ते॑ऽनवा॒रम॑पा॒रं प्र प्ल॑वन्ते॒ ये सं॑वथ्स॒रमु॑प॒यन्ति॒ यद्बृ॑हद्रथंत॒रे अ॒न्वर्जे॑यु॒र्यथा॒ मध्ये॑ समु॒द्रस्य॑ प्ल॒वम॒न्वर्जे॑युस्ता॒दृक्तदनु॑थ्सर्गं बृहद्रथंत॒राभ्या॑मि॒त्वा प्र॑ति॒ष्ठां ग॑च्छन्ति॒ सर्वे᳚भ्यो॒ वै कामे᳚भ्यः सं॒धिर्दु॑हे॒ तद्यज॑मानाः॒ सर्वा॒न्कामा॒नव॑ रुंधते
They perform the Prahas in the first month, they perform them in the middle month, they perform them in the last month. They say, 'In the case of a cow which they milk thrice a day, she yields sparingly at the latter two milkings; how then can she be milked who is twelve times milked?' Having made up the year, they should perform the Prsthas once in the last month; verily the sacrificers win the sacrifice and cattle. It is an ocean [1] without a near or a further shore that they enter upon who perform the year (rite). If they employ the Brhat and the Rathantara Samans, it would be as if they were to provide a boat in the middle of the ocean. Going continuously with the Brhat and the Rathantara they obtain support. The union is milked for all desires; thus the sacrificers obtain all desires.