Atharvavedabrahmana 14.11

14.11

devāsurā vā eṣu lokeṣu samayatanta | te devā ṣaṣṭhenānhā
ebhyo lokebhyo'surān parāṇudanta | teṣāṃ yānyantarhastāni(2)
vamūnyāsan, tānādāyan(1) samudra prāruṣyanta | teṣāṃ vai devā(2)
anuhāyaitenaiva cchandasā antarhastāni vasūnyādadata | tadevaitat
padaṃ, punaḥpadaṃ | sa vāṃ kuśa ākuñcanāyādviṣato vasu(3) datte,
nirevainamebhyaḥ sarvebhyo lokebhyo nudate, ya evaṃ veda | dyaurvai
devatāḥ ṣaṣṭhamaharvahati, trayastriṃśastomo raivataṃ sāmāticchandacchando(4) yathādaivatamanena(5) yathāstomaṃ yathāsāma yathāchandaḥ
samṛddhoti, ya evaṃ veda | yadvai samānodarkaṃ, tat ṣaṣṭhasyānho rūpaṃ
yadyeva prathamamahaḥ, taduttamamahaḥ, tadevaitat padaṃ | punaryat ṣaṣṭhaṃ,
yadaśvavadyadrathavadyat punarāvṛttaṃ, yat punarnihastaṃ, yadantarūpaṃ, yadasau
lokobhyuditaḥ, yannābhānediṣṭaṃ, yat prāruccheyaṃ, yannārāśaṃsaṃ,
yad dvepadā, yat saptapadā, yat kṛtaṃ, yadaivataṃ, tattṛtīyasyānho
rūpaṃ | etāni vai ṣaṣṭhasyānho rūpāṇi chandasām ha ṣaṣṭhenānhāktānāṃ raso ninejat, taṃ prajāpatirudānae nārāśaṃsyā
gāyatryā raibhyā viṣṭubhā pārikṣityā jagatyā gāthayā anuṣṭubhā
etāni vai chandāṃsi ṣaṣṭhehani śastāni bhavanti ayātayāmāni,
chandasāmeva tat sarasatayā ayātayāmatāyai | sarasāni hāsya
chandāṃsi ṣaṣṭhe hani śastāni bhavanti, sarasaiḥ chandobhiriṣṭaṃ bhavati,
sarasaiḥ chandobhiryajñaṃ tanute, ya evaṃ veda