Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.316

58.316

tadvairūpamasṛjata
tena purastātparyavait
te dve bhūtvātyamanyetām
tadidaṃ bṛhadavedati vai mā manyateti
tadvairājamasṛjata
tena purastātparyavait
te dve bhūtvātyamanyetāṃ tadidaṃ rathantaramavedati vai mā manyateti
tacchākvaramasṛjata
tena purastātparyavait
tāni trīṇi bhūtvātyamanyanta
tadidaṃ bṛhadavedati vai mā manyateti
tadraivatamasṛjata
tena purastātparyavait
tāni trīṇi bhūtvāryamanyanta
te'ntamagacchatām
te'vittāṃ same vai svo nānyadanyadatīti
tāni ṣaṭpṛṣṭhānyāsaṃs | trīṇi chandāṃsi
tānīmāni trīṇi chandāṃsi ṣaṭpṛṣṭhāni nānuvyabhavan

It created the Vairūpa;
with it, it went around in front.
Having become two, they thought themselves superior.
Then the Bṛhat realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'
It created the Vairāja;
with it, it went around in front.
Having become two, they thought themselves superior; then the Rathantara realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'
It created the Śākvara;
with it, it went around in front.
Having become three, they thought themselves superior.
Then the Bṛhat realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'
It created the Raivata;
with it, it went around in front.
Having become three, they thought themselves superior.
They reached the end.
They realized: 'We are equal; neither surpasses the other.'
These were the six pṛṣṭhas, [and there were] three meters.
These three meters were not sufficient for the six pṛṣṭhas.