Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.238

2.238

tiṣṭhantīreke sravantīreke
sa evametā apo vyūhya vinudyāsmim̐lloke'nnamādat
tannālpakaṃ na madhyamaṃ na mahadivānnādyamabhyatyaricyata
evameva dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ vyūhya vinudyāsmim̐lloke'nnamatti tannālpakaṃ na madhyamaṃ
na mahadivānnādyamabhyatiricyate ya evaṃ veda
tametamannaṃ jigīvāṃsaṃ sarve devā abhisamagacchanta
te vai tannāvindanta
yā hyasau yajñāyajñīyasyaikaviṃśī tāmāsu bahiṣpavamānīsu navasu pratyupadhāya
śaye'nanto bhūtvā parigṛhyaitadannādyam
atho yathā pātre'ṅgārā optāḥ syurevamevaiṣu lokeṣvadṛśyo'nanta āsa
tānavindamānānabravītstuta meti

—some standing, some flowing. Having thus driven apart and thrust away these waters, he ate food in this world. There was not a small amount, nor a middling, nor a great amount of food that was left over [uneaten by him]. In the same way, having driven apart and thrust away his hating rival, he who knows thus eats food in this world; there is not a small, nor a middling, nor a great amount of food that is left over. When he had won that food, all the gods gathered toward him. Truly, they could not find him. For placing that twenty-first [verse] of the Yajñāyajñīya upon those nine [verses] of the Bahiṣpavamāna, he lies down, having become endless, grasping around this food. And just as coals would be scattered in a vessel, so he remained invisible, endless, in these worlds. To them, unable to find him, he said: 'Praise me!'