Rigvedabrahmana 17.1

17.1

iti ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
ānuṣṭubho vā eṣa vajro yatṣoḍaśī tadyatṣoḍaśinamupayantyānuṣṭubhenaiva tadvajreṇa yajamānasya pāpmānamapaghnanti sa vai harivānbhavati prāṇo vai hariḥ sa hi harati tasmāddharivānbhavati tadasau vai ṣoḍaśī
yo 'sau tapatyetameva tatprīṇantyatho ṣoḍaśaṃ vā etatstotraṃ ṣoḍaśaṃ śastraṃ
tasmātṣoḍaśītyākhyāyate tadyatṣoḍaśinamupayanti ṣoḍaśakalaṃ vā idaṃ sarvamasyaiva sarvasyāptyā atho indra u vai ṣoḍaśī tasmāddharivānbhavati
haristvo hīndra indra juṣasva pravāhāyāhi śūra hariheti¹ tāḥ pañcaviṃśatyakṣarā ekaikā navabhirnavabhirakṣarairupaspṛṣṭātmā vai pañcaviṃśaḥ prajā paśava
upasargaḥ prajayeva tatpaśubhiḥ preṣṭhairannādyenetyātmānamupasṛjate tāścatustriṃśadakṣarāḥ saṃpadyante svarāḍḍhai tacchando yatkiṃca catustriṃśadakṣaraṃ svārājyamenenāpnoti tāḥ śaṃsastāḥ pañcānuṣṭubhaḥ saṃpadyante daśākṣaraṃ ca padamudaityekaikasyai dve dve kvāvataḥ purūvaso iti gāyatrīmupaśaṃsatyeteṣāmevākṣarāṇāṃ saṃpade 'tho etayā saha stotriyaḥ ṣaḍanuṣṭubhaḥ saṃpadyante tasmādetāṃ śaṃsati saṃpad etatpratirūpamu haike 'nurūpaṃ kurvanti tadu vā āṅgarasau vai ṣoḍaśī yo 'sau tapati na vā etasyānyo 'nurūpo 'sti
sa yo 'trānurūpaṃ kurvantaṃ brūyādapriya enaṃ bhrātṛvyaḥ pratyākhyāyiṣyata
iti tathā ha syāttasmādatrānurūpaṃ nādriyeta