Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.359

58.359

tasyaiṣā devatā dīkṣamāṇasya teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśo nādatte
tadetadukthasyaiva stombhaḥ
te ye'rvāñco raśmayastairasyeme lokā stabdhā ya etasmādarvāñco'tha yatkiṃ ca
prāṇabhṛtsaśārīram
atha ya ūrdhvāstairu asya te lokā stabdhā ya etasmātparāñco'tha yatkiṃ
cābhṛtamaśarīram
tadyadeṣā devatobhayāndevāsurānantarā stavadhvā tiṣṭhati tasmādetatstambhaḥ
sa ha vai stabdhassastabheta
atho ya enaṃ stabhasyopamīmāṃseta taṃ brūyādyā stabdhā devatā tasyai tvā
vṛścyāmīmāmārtiṃ nyeṣyasīti
tāṃ daivārtiṃ nyeti
te ye'rvāñco raśmaya ete hāvaśā mṛtyorannavantaḥ
atha ya ūrdhvāsta u hāmṛtalokāḥ
te ye'rvāñco raśmaya ete horayo nāma yathā naḷo vāsuśira syādve arvā
atha ya ūrdhvāsta uparīyāṃso nāma
sa yathā hastī hastenādāya pṛṣṭhye'dhyasyetaivamevaiṣā devataitadvidvāṃsamurubhī
raśmibhirādāyāvarīyasvadhyasyate
tamasyeṣa loko ya etasmātparācīnaḥ

This deity does not take away the spiritual luster, faculty, vital power, or renown of him who undergoes consecration.
That is indeed the propping up of the uktha.
Those rays of his that are directed downward—by them these worlds that are below him are propped up, as well as whatever bears breath and has a body.
And those that are directed upward—by them those worlds of his that are beyond him are propped up, as well as whatever is unembodied and without body.
Now, because this deity stands firmly propping between both the gods and the asuras, therefore it is a prop.
Truly, propped up, he should prop himself.
And if anyone should seek to dispute with him who is propped, he should say to him: 'To the propped deity I cut you off; into this distress you will fall.'
He falls into that divine distress.
Those rays that are directed downward are indeed subject to death, having food.
And those that are upward are immortal worlds.
Those rays that are directed downward are called 'orayas', just as a reed might be hollow, or downward-directed.
And those that are upward are called 'uparīyāṃsas' [the higher ones].
Just as an elephant, taking up with its trunk, might set [something] upon its back, even so this deity, taking up the one who knows thus by the broad rays, sets him down upon the higher ones.
His is that world which is beyond this one.