Atharvavedabrahmana 14.6

14.6

tadāhuḥ, kathaṃ hyakye hotaikasūkta ekokthā hotā dvisūktā
iṃti | asau vai hotā yo'sau tapati, sa vā eka eva, tasmādekasūktaḥ | sa yadidhyāto dvāvivā bhavati, teja eva maṇḍalaṃ bhā aparaṃ
śukramaparaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ, tasmāddvyukthaḥ | raśmayo vāva hotrāḥ, te vā
ekaikaṃ, tasmādekokthāḥ | tadyadekaikasya raśmedvai dvau varṇau bhavataḥ,
tasmād dvisūktāḥ | saṃvatsaro vāva hotā, sa vā eka eva, tasmādekasūktaḥ | tasya yad dvayānyahāni bhavanti, śautānyānyuṣṇānyanyāni, tasmāhu 'kthaḥ | ṛtavo vāva hotrāḥ, te vā ekaikaṃ, tasmādekokthāḥ | tadyadekaikasyattauṃ dvau dvau māsau bhavataḥ, tasmādvisūktāḥ
puruṣo vāva hotā, sa vā eka eva, tasmādekasūktaḥ | sa yatpuruṣo
bhavatyanyathaiva pratyaṅ bhavatyanyathā prāṅ(1), tasmād dvukthaḥ| aṅgāni
vāva hotā', tāni vā ekaikaṃ, tasmādekokthāḥ| taṃ yadekaikamaṅgaṃ
dyutirbhavati, tasmād dvisūktāḥ| tadāhuḥ, yad dvuktho hotaikasūkta ekokthā hotā dvisūktāḥ, kathaṃ tat samaṃ bhavati, yadeva dvidevatyābhiryajanti, atho yad dvisūktā hotā iti brūyāt, tadāhuḥ, ya
dagniṣṭoma eva sati yajñe he hoturukthe atiricyete, kathaṃ tato
hotrā na vyavacchidyanta iti| yadeva dvidevatyābhiryajanti, atho
yad dvisūktā hotā iti brūyāt, tadāhuḥ, yadagniṣṭoma eva sati
yajñe sarvā devatāḥ sarvāṇi chandāṃsyāpyāyayanti, atha katamena
chandasāyātayāmānyukthāni praṇayanti, kayā devatayeti| gāyatreṇa
chandasāgninā devatayeti brūyāt| devān ha yajñaṃ tanvānā asurarakṣāṃsyabhicerira yannaparvāṇi, yajñameṣāṃ haniṣyāmastṛtīyasavanaṃ prati
tṛtīyasavane ha yajñastvariṣṭo baliṣṭhaḥ prattanumeṣāṃ yajñaṃ haniṣyāma
iti| te varuṇaṃ dakṣiṇato'yojayan, madhyato bṛhaspatimuttarato
viṣṇuṃ| te'bruvan, ekaikāḥ smaḥ, nedamutsahāmaheti, stuno
dvitīyo yenedaṃ saha vyañjavāmahā iti| tānindro'bravīt, sarve
madvitīyā stheti| te sarvaṃ indraṃ dvitīyāḥ, tasmādaindrāvāruṇamaindrābārhaspatyamaindrāvaiṣṇavamanuśasyate| dvitīyavanto ha vā
etena smā bhavanti, dvitīyavanto manyate, ya evaṃ veda