Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.196
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1.196
The gods and the Asuras were engaged in conflict over day and night. The gods conquered the day; then the Asuras ran towards the night. The gods said: 'We have gained half of this world. How can we simultaneously conquer the night? Let us advance upon it.' They advanced. They strove in the posterior half of the day. Then the Asuras, having stepped out, strove in the prior half of the night. This indeed is the posterior half of the day, namely evening. And this indeed is the prior half of the night, namely evening. The ones strove on their own border, the others on their own. Their own [possession] was indeed the meters. They were engaged in conflict over the meters.
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The lowest of the gods was one-syllabled, the highest seven-syllabled.
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The lowest of the Asuras was nine-syllabled, the highest fifteen-syllabled.
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The seven-syllabled and the nine-syllabled stood contiguous; the others were diverging.
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Because they were diverging...
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Prajāpati, having stepped out between them, stood in the form of the Anuṣṭubh.
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They stood looking at each other, gazing intently, seeking an opening against one another.
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The gods ran up to Prajāpati: 'May we conquer the Asuras.'
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To them he gave this Ṣoḍaśin as a thunderbolt:
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