Aitareyabrahmana 4.18

4.18

ekaviṃśam etad ahar upayanti viṣuvantam madhye saṃvatsarasyai/tena
vai devā ekaviṃśenādityaṃ svārgaya lokāyodayachan
sa eṣa ita ekaviṃśas
tasya daśāvastād ahāni divākīrtyasya bhavanti daśa parastān,
madhya eṣa ekaviṃśa ubhayato virāji pratiṣṭhita,
ubhayato hi vā eṣa virāji pratiṣṭhitas.
tasmād eṣo 'ntaremām̐l lokān yan na vyathate
tasya vai devā Ādityasya svargāl lokād avapātād abibhayus,
taṃ tribhiḥ svargair lokair avastāt pratyuttabhnuvan.
stomā vai trayaḥ svargā lokās.
tasya parāco 'tipātād abibhayus,
taṃ tribhiḥ svargair lokaiḥ parastāt pratyastabhnuvan.
stomā vai trayaḥ svargā lokās.
tat trayo 'vastāt saptadaśā bhavanti trayāḥ parastān,
madhya eṣa ekaviṃśa ubhayataḥ svarasāmabhir dhṛta,
ubhayato hi vā eṣa svarasāmabhir dhṛtas.
tasmād eṣo 'ntaremām̐l lokān yan na vyathate
tasya vai devā Ādityasya svargāl lokād avapātād abibhayus,
tam paramaiḥ svargair lokair avastāt pratyuttabhnuvan.
stomā vai paramāḥ svargā lokās.
tasya parāco 'tipātād abibhayus,
tam paramaiḥ svargair lokaiḥ parastāt pratyastabhnuvan.
stomā vai paramāḥ svargā lokās.
tat trayo 'vastāt saptadaśā bhavanti trayaḥ parastāt,
te dvau-dvau sampadya trayaś catustriṇśā bhavanti.
catustriṃśo vai stomānām uttamas.
teṣu vā eṣa etad adhyāhitas tapati,
teṣu hi vā eṣa etad adhyāhitas tapati
sa vā eṣa uttaro 'smāt sarvasmād bhūtād bhaviṣyataḥ,
sarvam evedam atirocate yad idaṃ kiṃcottaro bhavati
yasmād uttaro bubhūṣati tasmād uttaro bhavati ya evaṃ veda

iv. 18 (xviii. 4). They perform the Ekaviñca day, the Viṣuvant, in the middle of the year; by the Ekaviñca the gods raised up the sun to the world of heaven; it is here the Ekaviñca; below this Divākīrtya are ten days, ten above; in the middle is the Ekaviñca resting on both sides in the Virāj, for on both sides does he find support in the Virāj. Therefore he going between these worlds does not shake. The gods were afraid of this Āditya falling down from the world of heaven; him with three worlds of heaven from below they propped up; the three worlds of heaven are the Stomas. They were afraid of his falling away up; him with three worlds of heaven from above they propped up; the three worlds of heaven are the Stomas. Thus below there are three Saptadaça (Stomas), three above; in the middle is the Ekaviñca on both sides supported by the Svara Sāmans, for he is supported on both sides by the Svara Sāmans. Therefore he going between these worlds does not shake. The gods were afraid of this Āditya falling from the world of heaven; him with the highest worlds of heaven they propped up from below; the highest worlds of heaven are the Stomas. They were afraid of his falling away up; him with the highest worlds of heaven they propped up from above; the highest worlds of heaven are the Stomas. Thus there are three Saptadaça (Stomas) below, three above. Making them up by twos they are three Catustriñcas; the Catustriñca is the highest of the Stomas. Placed over these it gives heat, for he placed over these gives heat. He is higher than all this that has been and will be; he shines over all this whatever there is here; he is higher; thus he becomes who knows thus higher than he than whom he desires to be higher.