Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-2.1

2-2.1

iyameva pṛthivī
vāgvai rathantaram
saiṣāvadati
sā dvitīyamahaḥ prāpya bṛhatī bhavati yāmimāṃ śreṣṭhī vācaṃ vadatītyavocaditi
sā hi dūrācchrūyate
sā tṛtīyamahaḥ prāpya vairūpā bhavati yadidaṃ tiryagvāca ehi
prehyāharopāharāśaya pāyayeti
sā caturthamahaḥ prāpya virāḍbhavati
tūṣṇīṃ niṣadyam
etaddha vai vairājyaṃ vāco yattūṣṇīṃniṣadyaṃ yāmimāṃ śreṣṭhinastūṣṇīmāsīnasyaiva
jijñāsante
sā pañcamamahaḥ prāpya śakvarī bhavati yayā praśiṣṭaśśaknoti
sā ṣaṣṭhamahaḥ prāpya revatī bhavati yayānnādyaṃ pradīyate
sā na māsi-māsyāttavyā
lelibhasyaitadājānaṃ yāmimāṃ lelibhā vācaṃ vadanti
imāṃ vā ayaṃ hyo'vadadimāṃ pūrvedyurimāṃ pūrvasamām
samānīṃ bata vācaṃ vadati na batainaṃ paryetīti
evaṃ tadyanmāsi-māsi pṛṣṭhānyupayanti

It is this earth. For the Rathantara is speech. It is this that speaks. Reaching the second day, it becomes the Bṛhat, which he spoke of as the speech that an eminent man speaks. For it is heard from afar. Reaching the third day, it becomes the Vairūpa, which is this transverse speech: 'Come, go forth, bring, bring near, give to eat, give to drink.' Reaching the fourth day, it becomes the Virāj, sitting in silence. For sitting in silence is the sovereign state of speech, which [speech] they wish to learn from an eminent man as he sits in silence. Reaching the fifth day, it becomes the Śakvarī, through which one who is instructed is able. Reaching the sixth day, it becomes the Revatī, through which food is distributed. It is not to be undertaken month after month. This is the nature of a chatterer, the speech which chatterers speak: 'Did he not speak this yesterday, this the day before yesterday, this last year? Alas, he speaks the same speech; alas, he does not surpass it.' Such is the case when they undertake the pṛṣṭhas month after month.