Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 6.4

6.4.1

prajāpatis tapo atapyata /

Prajāpati practiced austerity.

vi. 10. Prajāpati practised fervour; he, having practised fervour, developed from his expiration this world, from his inspiration the world of the atmosphere, from his cross-breathing yonder world. He practised fervour over these three worlds; from this world he created Agni, from the world of the atmosphere Vāyu, from the sky Āditya. He practised fervour over these three lights; from Agni he created the Ṛc verses, from Vāyu the Yajus formulae, from Āditya the Sāmans. He practised fervour over the threefold lore; he stretched out the sacrifice; he recited with the Ṛc, he proceeded with the Yajus, he sang with the Sāman. He developed the sap of the brilliance of this threefold lore, for the healing of these Vedas; he developed *bhūḥ* of the Ṛcs, *bhuvaḥ* of the Yajuses, and *svar* of the Sāmans. On the south side of Ka was the Brahman, the sacrifice of Ka ended as broader to the south and sloping to the north; his sacrifice ends as broader to the south and sloping to the north, whose is a Brahman who knows thus.

6.4.2

sa tapas taptvā prāṇād eva imaṃl lokam prāvṛhati / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Having practiced austerity, from out-breath he pulled forth this world;

6.4.3

apānād antarikṣa lokam /

from in-breath, the atmosphere-world;

6.4.4

vyānād amuṃl lokam /

from diffused breath, that world.

6.4.5

sa etāṃs trīṃl lokān abhyatapyata / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He heated these three worlds.

6.4.6

so agnim eva asmāl lokād asṛjata /

From this world he created Agni.

6.4.7

vāyum antarikṣa lokād ādityam divaḥ / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Vāyu from the intermediate space, [and] Āditya from the sky.

6.4.8

sa etāni trīṇi jyotīṃṣy abhyatapyata /

He heated these three luminaries.

6.4.9

so agner eva ṛco asṛjata / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

From Agni he produced the verses (ṛc),

6.4.10

vāyur yajūṃṣy ādityāt sāmāni /

[from] Vāyu the sacrificial formulas (yajus), [and] from Āditya the chants (sāman).

6.4.11

sa etām trayīm vidyām abhyatapyata / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

He heated this threefold knowledge (trayī vidyā).

6.4.12

sa yajñam atanuta /

He spread the sacrifice.

6.4.13

sa ṛcā eva aśaṃsat /

With the verse he recited;

6.4.14

yajuṣā prācarat sāmnā udagāyat / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

with the formula he performed; with the chant he sang.

6.4.15

atha etasyā eva trayyai vidyāyai tejo rasam prāvṛhat /

Then from this very threefold knowledge he drew out the bright sap,

6.4.16

eteṣām eva vedānām bhiṣajyāyai / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

for the healing of these Vedas.

6.4.17

sa bhūr ity ṛcām prāvṛhat /

He drew out 'bhūḥ' from the verses;

6.4.18

bhuva iti yajuṣām svar iti sāmnām / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

'bhuvaḥ' from the formulas, [and] 'svaḥ' from the chants.

6.4.19

tena dakṣiṇato brahmā āsīt /

By means of it the brahman sat to the south.

6.4.20

tasya dakṣiṇato varṣīyān udīcīna pravaṇo yajñaḥ saṃtasthe / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

His sacrifice was established higher on the south, sloping toward the north.

6.4.21

tasya ha vai dakṣiṇato varṣīyān udīcīna pravaṇo yajñaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate / (Zūlagava: brahmatva)

Higher on the south, sloping toward the north indeed is established the sacrifice of him