Gopathabrahmana 2.5.5

2.5.5

prathameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvate prathameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti prathamarātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti
madhyameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvate madhyameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti
madhyamarātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti_
uttameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvata uttameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti_
uttamarātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti
tad yathābhyāgāraṃ punaḥpunaḥ pāpmānaṃ nirharanty evam evaitat stotriyānurūpābhyām ahorātrābhyām eva tad asurān nirghnanti
gāyatrīṃ śaṃsanti tejo vai brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī
teja evāsmai tad brahmavarcasaṃ yajamāne dadhati
gāyatrīḥ śastvā jagatīḥ śaṃsanti
brahma ha vai jagatī
brahmaṇaivāsmai tad brahmavarcasaṃ yajamāne dadhati
vyāhvayante gāyatrīś ca jagatīś cāntareṇa
chandāṃsy eva tan nānāvīryāṇi kurvanti
jagatīḥ śastvā triṣṭubhaḥ śaṃsanti
paśavo vai jagatī
paśūn eva tat triṣṭubbhiḥ paridadhati
balaṃ vai vīryaṃ triṣṭup_
balam eva tad vīrye 'ntataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati_
andhasvatyo madvatyaḥ sutavatyaḥ pītavatyas triṣṭubho yājyāḥ samṛddhāḥ sulakṣaṇāḥ_
etad vai rātrīrūpam_
jāgṛyād rātrim_
yāvad u ha vai na vā stuvate na vā śasyate tāvad īśvarā asurā rakṣāṃsi ca yajñam anvavanayanti
tasmād āhavanīyaṃ samiddham āgnīdhrīyaṃ gārhapatyaṃ dhiṣṇyān samujjvalayateti bhāṣeran