Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.185

2-5.185

athaite sarasvataśca sarasvatyāśca
etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yatsarasvāṃśca sarasvatī ca
daivyena mithunena prajāyā iti
tadāhuḥ puṃsaḥ pūrvā kāryā striyā uttarā
tathā yajamānasyānapagalbhyā prajājāyata iti
tadu vā āhurvāyurvai retodhāḥ
prajananaṃ sarasvatī
tau sarasvantaṃ mithunātprajanayataḥ
atho vāśitā vai pūrvā dhāvatyanvamṛṣabhaḥ sarasvatyā eva pūrvā kāryeti
etadu haitatsarasvatastveva pūrvā kāryā
athaiṣā brāhmaṇaspatyā pratipadbhavati
prajāpatiryā ṛte brahmaṇaḥ prajā asṛjata tā asya sṛṣṭā parābhavan
sa etāṃ brāhmaṇaspatyāṃ pratipadamapaśyat
tayā brahmaṇvatīḥ prajā asṛjata
tā asya sṛṣṭā na parābhavan
tadyadeṣā brāhmaṇaspatyā pratipadbhavati brahmaṇvatīrevaitayā prajāssṛjate tā asya
sṛṣṭā na parābhavanti

Now there are these [verses] addressed to Sarasvat and to Sarasvatī.
Sarasvat and Sarasvatī are a divine couple for generation,
[so that he may say,] 'May I generate offspring by means of the divine couple.'
In this regard they say: 'The male [verse] should be made first, the female later;
thus the offspring of the sacrificer is born not shamelessly.'
And in this regard they also say: 'Vāyu is the placer of semen;
Sarasvatī is reproduction;
those two generate Sarasvat from the couple.
Moreover, the eager cow runs first, the bull runs behind; the [verse] addressed to Sarasvatī should be made first.'
Nevertheless, the [verse] addressed to Sarasvat should indeed be made first.
Now there is this opening verse addressed to Bṛhaspati.
Whatever creatures Prajāpati created without the brahman perished once created.
He saw this opening verse addressed to Bṛhaspati.
By means of it he created creatures endowed with the brahman.
Created, they did not perish.
In that this opening verse is addressed to Bṛhaspati, he thereby creates creatures endowed with the brahman; created, they do not perish.