Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.369

'It is in your head.'
'Strike it off from me!'
'So be it.'
It struck it off.
It bound him in the neck;
it squeezed him.
[Prajāpati said:] 'Strike off this which is like a constraint!'
It struck it off.
It bound him in the waist;
it squeezed him.
'Strike off this which is like a constraint!'
It struck it off.
It bound him in the ankles;
it squeezed him.
'Strike off completely this which is like a constraint!'
It struck it off.
'Step upon it with your feet!'
He stepped upon it with his feet.

That is indeed this ankle-bone of the feet.

'Cut it into three!' [it said].

He cut it into three.

That became his prosperity: the cow was one-third, sleep one-third, shadow one-third.

Therefore these belong most abundantly to the best person:

most abundant are his cattle, [his] shadow is the greatest, he sleeps.

He reflected: 'This evil which he mentioned to me—come, let me cut it completely away!'

He separated this very brahman eightfold.

The Gāyatrī has eight syllables;

the Gāyatrī is brahman.

He then separated the brahman eightfold.

He thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Trivṛt [stomas];

he thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Pañcadaśa [stomas];

he thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Saptadaśa [stomas];

he thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Ekaviṃśa [stomas];

he made it reach the furthest distance with eight Triṇava [stomas];

he cut it completely away with eight Trayastriṃśa [stomas].

That is this Atirātra at the end.

For his evil was thrust away.

Moreover, he who burns yonder is Prajāpati himself.

Having struck off evil, he burns.

He has no shadow.

Therefore, one may spit upon a shadow and urinate upon it;

one thereby strikes evil alone.