Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.324

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To him the two stomas, the Trivṛt and the Pañcadaśa, pay tribute from this side; the Ekaviṃśa, the Triṇava, and the Trayastriṃśa from beyond. He said to her, 'Copulate! Do you bring forth the meters; I shall bring forth the stomas.' That very Trivṛt stoma brought forth these mṛga-stomas: the Catuṣṭoma, the Caturdaśa, the Ṣoḍaśa, the Aṣṭādaśa, the Navadaśa, the Pañcaviṃśa, and the Ṣaṭtriṃśa. Then the Gāyatrī brought forth these mṛga-meters: the Ekapadā, the Dvipadā, the Akṣarapaṅkti, the Viṣṭārapaṅkti, the Virāj, the Aticchandas, and the boundless meter. She is this Prajāpati of the stomas and of the meters. About that, Caikitāneya asked Śaunaka Kāpeya: 'Given that the stomas generate by an increase of six, and the meters by an increase of four, who then is this seventeenfold stoma that does not increase by six, dwelling in the middle, placed between?' He said, 'When the stomas and meters were not generating, that very Prajāpati, as the seventeenfold, stepped into the middle and stood generating. Whoever knows him as the dweller, he indeed becomes a dweller everywhere. Indeed, this Prajāpati is not a non-dweller, for everything here belongs to Prajāpati.' These Caikitāneyas are indeed as though dwelling. These meters were fashioned with the stomas: