Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 8.4

8.4

ŚĀ 8,4
citraṃ devānām udagād anīkaṃ cakṣur mitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ | āprā dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ sūrya ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca || iti | etām evānuvidyāṃ saṃhitāṃ saṃdhīyamānāṃ manya iti ha smāha vātsyaḥ -- etam u haiva bahvṛcā mahadukthe mīmāṃsanta etam agnāv adhvaryava etaṃ mahāvrate chandogā etam asyām etam antarikṣa etaṃ divi etam agnāv etaṃ vāyāv etaṃ candramasy etaṃ nakṣatreṣv etam apsv etam oṣadhīṣv etaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣv etam akṣareṣv etam eva brahmetyupāsate | tad etad ṛcābhyuditam ||

ŚĀ 8.4
"The wondrous face of the gods has arisen, / the eye of Mitra, Varuṇa, and Agni; / it has filled heaven and earth and the intermediate space, / Sūrya, the self of the moving and the standing." / "It is according to this continuous text being joined together that I hold [this view]," Vātsya used to say. "It is him whom the Ṛgvedins investigate in the Great Recitation (mahaduktha); him the Adhvaryus in the fire altar; him the Sāmavedins in the Mahāvrata rite; him in this [earth], him in the intermediate space, him in heaven, him in fire, him in wind, him in the moon, him in the constellations, him in the waters, him in plants, him in all beings, him in syllables—it is him they revere as Brahman." This has been declared by a verse: