Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.363
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58.363
With the fifteen-fold stoma he meditated upon the Triṣṭubh; from that he created the Rudras; they went along after this direction. With the seventeen-fold stoma he meditated upon the Jagatī; from that he created the Ādityas; they went along after this direction. With the twenty-one-fold [stoma] he meditated upon the Jagatī; from that he created the Ādityas; they went along after this direction. With the twenty-one-fold stoma he meditated upon the Anuṣṭubh; from that he created the All-Gods; they went along after this direction. With the twenty-seven-fold stoma he meditated upon the Paṅkti; from that he created the Maruts; they went along after this direction. With the thirty-three-fold stoma he meditated upon the Aticchandas; from that he created the Sādhyas and the Āptyas; they went along after this direction.
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These deities were created, the stomas, the meters, the seasons, the soma cups.
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These prosperities of theirs stood shining apart; they did not stand in pre-eminence over one another,
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they did not stand [in subordination].
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They said: 'We certainly do not yield to the pre-eminence of one another.
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Come, let us seek him who may rule over us!'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit