The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.4.15

6.4.15

teṣāmiti | sapta grāmyāḥ paśavaḥ saptāraṇyāḥ pañcodbhijjā ityekonaviṃśatisaṅkhyānāṃ vikārāṇāṃ prakṛtibhūteṣu pañcasu mahābhūteṣu prakṣepe sati caturviṃśatyakṣarasaṅkhyāsāmyāt prakṛtivikṛtyātmikā gāyatrīyaṃ bhavati | atra svedajānāmudbhijeṣvantarbhāvaḥ | te hi bhūmimudbhidya jāyante svedajāstu jalamudbhidya jāyanta iti sāmyāt | tṛtīyenāvarodhaḥ saṃśokajasyeti nyāyācca aṇḍajānāmapi maithunajatvasāmyājjarāyujeṣvevāntarbhāvaḥ | jarāyurgarbhaveṣṭanaṃ tadrūpasya aṇḍasyaiva tatra sattvādityāśayena caturviṃśatiḥ | tadidaṃ kāryakāraṇasamudāyātmakaṃ gāyatryākhyaṃ brahma | 'gāyatrī vā idaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtam' ityupakramya 'saiṣā catuṣpadā ṣaḍvidhā gāyatrī' tadetadṛcābhyanūktam | 'etāvānasya mahimā tato jyāyāṃśca pūruṣaḥ | pādo'sya sarvā bhūtāni tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi' iti chāndogye upasaṃhāradarśanāt ||