Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 25.1

25.1

prajāpatirvidhātā purā tapo'tapyata cakāra | tasya tapasā tapyamānasya viśuddhasattvasya devān sṛjeyamiti mano buddhiḥ prājāyata | tataḥ te ime prasiddhā indrādayo devāḥ tena asṛjyanta | katham? divā ahani devān , naktaṃ rātrau asurān [asṛjata] | yat yato divā devānasṛjata prajāpatiḥ tad devānāṃ devatvam atiśayitadīptimattvam | yat yato asūryaṃ, na vidyate sūryo yasmin tat asūryaṃ naktam | kālādhvanoratyantasaṃyoge (pā. 2. 3. 5) iti dvitīyā | asurānasṛjatetyanuṣaṅgaḥ | tat tenāsurāṇāmasuratvaṃ karmaṇi prakāśarāhityam | yat yataḥ pītatvam | pā pāna
iti dhātoḥ pīyanta iti kartari kvip | teṣāṃ bhāvaḥ pītatvam | kavyasyāmṛtasya pātṛtvam | tena pitṝṇāṃ pitṛtvam |
santvetādṛśāḥ devāḥ | kiṃ tata ityatrāha—