Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.380
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58.380
Having become food, he practiced austerity. From that, a Puruṣa made of food was born, the creator of creatures. Within those waters, he uttered: 'bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ.' These very worlds came into being. Following that, the directions were created. Then, because he uttered: 'karaj janad vṛdhat,' these very worlds came into being. Following that, the seasons were created. He said: 'These indeed have been (sad) mine.' Those very [words] became the months. Following that, the seasons were created. He said: 'These indeed have been mine.' Those very [words] became the months. 'Prosper (ṛddhiṣva)!'—those became the half-months. 'I have succeeded (ahamarātsam), I have shone (oṣam)'—that he said 'aham' (I), those became the days; that he said 'arātsam' (I have succeeded), those became the nights; that he said 'oṣam' (I have shone), those became the dawns. The speech that he uttered as he was being born, that itself became the threefold god. Whatever deity he uttered at the beginning as he was being born, that indeed became the brahman. He considered: 'This threefold Veda that I have emitted—come, let me create from it!'
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With the threefold stoma, he cried toward the Gāyatrī.
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From that, he created the Vasus, with Agni as their head.
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With the fifteenfold stoma, he cried toward the Triṣṭubh.
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From that, he created the Rudras, with Indra as their head.
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With the seventeenfold stoma, he cried toward the Jagatī.
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From that, he created the Ādityas, with Varuṇa as their head.
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With the twenty-onefold stoma, he cried toward the Anuṣṭubh.
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From that, he created the All-Gods, with Viṣṇu as their head.
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With the thrice-ninefold stoma, he cried toward the Paṅkti.
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From that, he created the Maruts, with Īśāna as their head.
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With the thirty-threefold stoma, he cried toward the Atichandas.
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From that, he created the Sādhyas and the Āptyas, with Savitṛ as their head.
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With the twenty-fivefold stoma, he cried toward the Bṛhatī.
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From that, he created the Gandharvas, with Mitra as their head.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit