Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.104

20.104

tā amimīta
tāsu trayaṃ vedamadhyādadhāt
tā evāyacchat
tāsvimāṃstrīm̐llokānabhyādadhāt
tā evāyacchat
so'bravīnmahadbatāsāmidaṃ mānamabhūditi
yadabravīnmahadbatāsāmidaṃ mānamabhūditi | tanmahāmānīnāṃ mahāṃānitvam
mahāmānayo ha vai nāmaitāḥ
tā mahānāmnaya iti parokṣamākhyāyante
tā devebhyaḥ prāyacchat
tābhiradya devā astuvata
śvo'śaknuvan
tadyadadya stutvā śvo'śaknuvaṃstacchakvarīṇāṃ śakvarītvam
śaknoti yacchikṣate ya evaṃ veda
tā devā nodayacchan
tāḥ prajāpataya eva punaḥ prāyacchan
tāḥ prajāpatau saṃvatsaramuṣitvāpākrāman
so'bravītkathāpākramiṣṭeti

He measured them out.
Into them he laid the threefold Veda.
He extended them.
Into them he laid these three worlds.
He extended them.
He said: "Great indeed has this measure (māna) of theirs become!"
Because he said, "Great indeed has this measure of theirs become," that is the mahāmānī-nature of the Mahāmānīs.
Mahāmānīs indeed are these by name.
They are cryptically called "Mahānāmnīs."
He gave them to the gods.
With them the gods praised today;
they were able (aśaknuvan) tomorrow.
Now, because having praised today they were able tomorrow, that is the śakvarī-nature of the Śakvarīs.
He is able to do whatever he strives for, who knows thus.
The gods could not hold them up.
They gave them back to Prajāpati himself.
Having lived with Prajāpati for a year, they walked away.
He said: "Why have you walked away?"