Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.362
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58.362
He said to the two: 'Be created!' He created them with this very speech: 'Om.' Having fallen into this direction, they became established. The Śākvara [sāman] was created after them as luster. That very [sāman] was food for them, that light; that burned brightly for them. Then the two became a kingdom. He indeed becomes a kingdom who knows thus. He meditated upon himself again with his mind alone. In him two drops arose, the two winter months. He said to the two: 'Be created!' 'Into which direction, father?' 'Into this one.' He created them with this very speech: 'Om.' Having fallen into this direction, they became established. The Raivata [sāman] was created after them as luster. That very [sāman] was food for them, that light; that burned brightly for them. Then the two became a kingdom. He indeed becomes a kingdom who knows thus.
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Then he became afflicted in the two thighs.
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Therefore cattle become afflicted in the two thighs during the winter season.
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He considered: 'Since I have created this triad and this [world], come, let me create from him!'
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With the Trivṛt stoma he meditated upon the Gāyatrī.
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From that he created the Vasus.
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They went along after this direction.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit