SECOND KHANDA.
1And here they ask: 'What is the beginning of this day?' Let him say: 'Mind and speech 2.' 2. All desires dwell in the one (mind), the other yields all desires.
3All desires dwell in the mind, for with the mind he conceives all desires.
4All desires come to him who knows this.
5Speech yields all desires, for with speech he declares all his desires.
6Speech yields all desires to him who knows this.
7Here they say: 'Let him not begin this day with a Rik, a Yagus, or a Sâman verse (divine speech), for it is said, he should not start with a Rik, a Yagus, or a Sâman 3.' 8. Therefore, let him say these Vyâhritis (sacred interjections) first.
9These interjections Bhûs, Bhuvas, Svar are the three Vedas, Bhûs the Rig-veda, Bhuvas the Yagur-veda, Svar the Sâma-veda. Therefore (by intercalating these) he does not begin simply with a Rik, Yagus, or Sâman verse, he does not start with a Rik, Yagus, or Sâman verse.