Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.258

2.258

tadvai variṣṭhaḥ
akṣibhyāṃ hi paśyanneti
tadāhuryadūrdhvo yajñastāyeta devā eva jīveyurna manuṣyāḥ
yadarvāṅtāyeta manuṣyā eva jīveyurna devā iti
ūrdhvaśca ha vai yajñastāyate'rvāṅcātho ha tiryaṅ
tadyatpṛccheyuḥ kadryaṅyajña ityūrdhva iti brūyādatho arvāṅityatho tiryaṅṅiti
sarvā eva diśa iti brūyāt
sarvā u ha vai evaṃvido yajñastato bhavati
kurupañcālā ha brahmodyamūdire
te ha śvānaṃ saṃveṣṭitaṃ śayānamupeyuḥ
te hocurasminnveva no vijayo'dhyastviti
te ha pañcālāḥ kurūnpapracchuḥ kimasya yajñasyeveti
taddha na pratyūcuḥ
sa hovāca vasiṣṭhaścaikitāneyo yathā vā asāvado'mūmekaviṃśīṃ
yajñāyajñīyasyāsu bahiṣpavamānīṣu navasu pratyupadhāya śaya evaṃ vā ayamidamubhāvantau saṃdhāya śaye
tasya vā ayaṃ yajñakratoranayā śayyayo rūpaṃ nigacchatīti
tasmādidamanarthyaṃ santaṃ bibhṛteti
tena ha jigyuḥ

It is indeed the highest. For seeing with his two eyes, he goes forward. As to this, they say: 'If the sacrifice were extended upward, only the gods would live, not men. If it were extended downward, only men would live, not the gods.' The sacrifice is extended upward and downward, and also crosswise. Hence, if they should ask, 'Whither directed is the sacrifice?', he should say, 'Upward,' and also 'Downward,' and also 'Crosswise.' He should say, 'In all directions.' For the sacrifice of one who knows thus becomes extended in all directions. The Kurus and Pañcālas held a theological disputation. They came upon a dog lying curled up. They said, 'Let our victory be determined right over this!' Then the Pañcālas asked the Kurus, 'What of the sacrifice is this like?' They did not answer. Vasiṣṭha Caikitāneya said: 'Just as that twenty-first [stoma] lying over yonder, placing itself against the Yajñāyajñīya upon these nine Bahiṣpavamāna verses, so this one lies joining both ends. This sacrificial rite, by means of this resting-posture, attains its form.' Therefore, [they said,] 'Do not bring this useless one!' By that, they won.