Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.62

2-3.62

eṣa vāva dīkṣito ya eṣa tapati
sa eṣa indriyaṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ śraiṣṭhyamabhi dīkṣitaḥ
tasya ye'rvāñco raśmayastāni śmaśrūṇi ya ūrdhvāste keśāḥ
ahorātre eva kṛṣṇājinasya rūpam
ahareva śuklasya rūpaṃ rātriḥ kṛṣṇasya
atha yadetanmaṇḍalaṃ tā āpastadannaṃ tadamṛtam
tasminnetasminmaṇḍale tejomayaśchandomayapuruṣaḥ
sa prāṇassa indrassa prajāpatissa dīkṣitaḥ
tadetaddīkṣayaiva saṃgṛhītam
tata ābhyaḥ prajābhyo'nnādyaṃ visṛjate
tasyemā eva diśaḥ patnaya āsan
taṃ hemāstisro diśo'ticeruḥ
iyaṃ haivāsyānuvratatamāsa yeyaṃ dakṣiṇā dik
tasmādeṣa etāmevābhyupāvartate
yadyapyuttarata udetyathaitāmevābhyupāvartate
tasmādyāsya priyā jāyā syāttāṃ dakṣiṇārdhyāṃ kuryāt

He who shines yonder is indeed the consecrated one. He is consecrated for faculty, primacy, and preeminence. His downward rays are the beard; those which are upward are the hair. Day and night are the form of the black-antelope skin: the day is the form of the white, the night of the black. Now that orb is the waters, it is food, it is the immortal. In that orb is the person made of luster, made of meter. He is breath, he is Indra, he is Prajāpati, he is the consecrated one. That is held together by consecration alone. From that he pours forth food for these creatures. The directions were his wives. The three directions transgressed against him. This southern direction was the most devoted to him. Therefore he turns towards this one. Even if he rises to the north, he turns towards this one. Therefore whichever is his beloved wife, he should place her on the right side.