Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 18.11

18.11

ato yato yajñātmakasya rathasya vāhanasthānīyāni gāyatryādīni cchandāṃsi vaiṣamyeṇa taṃ vahanti tasmādyujau viṣamabalau gajāśvāvekatra yuktau santau sahak samānaṃ na vahata ityetena prathame 'hye savanatrayasya yajñavahanadvārā prasṛtacchandastvaṃ stutaṃ bhavati | yasmācchandāṃsi anyo'nyasthānaṃ prāptānyeva yajñahārīṇi vahanti | tasmālloke vipariṇautau kālaprabhedena anyo'nyasthānaṃ prāptau pūrvāhṇe dakṣiṇato yuktamanaḍvāhaṃ vimucya madhyāhne tatsthāne uttarato'vasthite yukte tatsthāne'pi dakṣiṇataḥ sthite yukte sati ubhāvapi vahīyāṃsau voḍhṛtārau
bhavata ityanenottarayostrirātrayośchandasāṃ vyūhanaṃ stutaṃ bhavati| yasmāt navarātrasya cchandāṃsi vilakṣaṇasthānāvasthitāni tasmādeva ubhayatodanto'śvādayaḥ syadante ekatodadvayo gavādibhyo'dhikaṃ gacchantītyanena navarātrasya cchandasāṃ sthānavaiṣamyaṃ stutaṃ bhavatīti vākyatrayasyāpyarthavattā |
idānīṃ prakṛtibhūte dvādaśāhe parīto ṣiñcatā sutam (sā. 512) abhi somāsa āyavaḥ (sā. 518) iti sādhyāsayoḥ pragāthayoḥ pragāthāṃśe pragrathanena tisṛṣvekaṃ sāma gīyate | adhyāsyāyāṃ dvipadāyāmanyat | atra vyūḍhadvādaśāhe vikṛtibhūte na tathā| kiṃ tu adhyāsyāyāmayukte catasrṛrce ekameva sāma geyamiti darśayitumāha-