Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.169

1.169

Thereby they make the sāmans possessed of bodies. / He who should depart from this sāman would become skin-diseased, or an evil reputation would address him. / Becoming a bird, this Gāyatrī flew upward; / she flew to heaven. / While she was an Anuṣṭubh, the quarters took away her tribute. / Creatures become tribute-bringers to him; / tribute is brought to him from the quarters who knows thus. / 'A bird, at every sacrifice, to Fire, for you'—thus he chants the prelude. / 'O with song, and with song, for strength, we the nourisher, the immortal, Jātavedas, for the wise one'—thus he chants the response. / 'yajñā' consists of two syllables, 'girā' consists of two, 'poprim' consists of two. / That amounts to six. / The silent recitation consists of six syllables. / In this way, at the Āgnimāruta [śastra], it is unyoked in the silent recitation. / For that is the end. / Agni Vaiśvānara arose against creatures. / He burned this whole [world]. / The gods feared his burning. They said: 'He will burn up this whole [world]—'