Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.244

2-7.244

tadidamantarikṣamabhavat
antareva vā idamubhayamabhūditi
tadantarikṣasyāntarikṣatvam
ho iti tṛtīyamūrdhvamudāsyat
taddyaurabhavat
adyutadiva vā ada iti
taddivo divatvam
prajāpatirvā idamagra ekākṣarāṃ vācaṃ tredhā vyabhajat
ta ime lokā abhavanṛkṣā anupajīvanīyāḥ
so'śocatso'tapyata
sa ṣakṣata kathamime lokā loma gṛhṇīyuḥ kathamupajīvanavanta syuriti
sa etaṃ trirātraṃ yajñamapaśyat
tamāharat
tenāyajata
tameṣu lokeṣvanvāyātayat
tato vā ime lokā lomāgṛhṇestata upajīvanavanto'bhavan
trirātrasya ha khalu vā idaṃ puṣṭhaṃ trirātrasyodaraṇaṃ yadeṣu lokeṣvadhi
gacchati paśūnāṃ dvipadāṃ catuṣpadāṃ bhūmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda

That became this intermediate space. "In between (antar), indeed, has this both become," [he thought]; hence the intermediate space's (antarikṣa) nature as intermediate space. He cast the third [syllable], "ho", upward. That became the sky. "That has shone (adyutat), as it were," [he thought]; hence the sky's (div) nature as sky. Prajāpati, indeed, in the beginning divided speech of single syllable threefold. These became these worlds, bare, not fit to support life. He grieved; he practiced heat. He considered: "How may these worlds acquire hair? How may they become life-supporting?" He saw this three-day rite, the sacrifice. He took it; he sacrificed with it. He placed it in order along these worlds. Thereupon these worlds acquired hair; thereupon they became life-supporting. That indeed is the fullness of the three-day rite, that is the rising of the three-day rite, by which he who knows thus attains preeminence over these worlds, an abundance of cattle, two-footed and four-footed.