Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.431

2-8.431

dve vāveti hovāca
ahorātrāveveti
dvāvimau lokāvāviṣṭamāviva dvau prāṇāpānau dvipātpuruṣaḥ
katyevāmanyateti
ekamiti hovāca
ekaṃ vāveti hovāca
ahareveti
tadidamaharabhūdaha śvo bhavitā
tadetadaharaharityeva procyate
sā haiṣā saṃvatsarasya pratiṣṭhā yadahaḥ
sa yo hāsyatāṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ veda pratitiṣṭhati
eṣo evāsyaikatā
sa yo hāsyaitāmekatāṃ vedaikadhā hainaṃ bhūtvā śrīssacate
tadāhurbhūtaṃ bhūyā3 bhaviṣyā3diti
bhūtameva bhūyo bhaviṣyata iti brūyāt
bhūtā ime lokā bhūto'yamagnirvāyurasāvāditya indraścandramāḥ
ete vai bhūtasya bhaviṣyataśceśate
tasmādbhūtameva bhūyo bhaviṣyata iti

"Indeed two," he said: "Day and night; these two worlds entered as it were; the two [breaths] in-breath and out-breath; man is two-footed." "How many did he consider?" "One," he said. "Indeed one," he said: "The day alone. That day which was today, will be tomorrow. Therefore it is spoken of only as 'day, day.' That which is the day is the firm standing of the year. He who knows this firm standing of it stands firm. This is its oneness. He who knows this oneness of it, fortune attends him, becoming one. On this they say: 'Is what has been greater, or what will be?' One should say: 'What has been is greater than what will be. These worlds have been; this Agni has been, Vāyu, that Āditya, Indra, the Moon. These indeed rule over what has been and what will be. Therefore, what has been is greater than what will be.'"