Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 30.1

30.1

eṣu lokeṣu pṛthivyādilokaviṣaye devāścāsurāśca parasparam aspardhanta | asurebhyaḥ spardhamānā devāḥ prajāpatimupādhāvan | tataḥ prajāpatistebhya upasannebhyo devebhya etāṃ vakṣyamāṇāṃ daivīṃ devasaṃbandhinīṃ śāntiṃ śatrukṛtopadravanirharaṇasādhanabhūtāṃ prāyacchaditi |
tataḥ kimityatrāha—
saḥ vakṣyamāṇādbhutaviśeṣanimittavān prācīṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate 5 homakaraṇārthaṃ pravartate | vakṣyamāṇānāmadbhutaviśeṣāṇāṃ prācyā diśo'pi indrādisaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati—
saḥ vakṣyamāṇādbhutaviśeṣanimittavān homādhikārī dakṣiṇāṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate | homārthaṃ pravartate | nimittaviśeṣāṇāṃ dakṣiṇāyā diśo'pi yāmyatvāviśeṣāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati—
sa vakṣyamāṇanimittavān adhikārī pratīcīṃ paścimāṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate homakaraṇārthaṃ pravarteta | tannimittaviśeṣāṇāṃ pratīcyā diśaśca varuṇasaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati—
sa vakṣyamāṇanimittavān adhikārī udīcīṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate pravartate homārtham | nimittaviśeṣāṇām udīcyā diśaśca vaiśravaṇasaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati—
sa nimittaviśeṣavān pṛthivīmanvīkṣyāvartate homārthaṃ pravartate | vakṣyamāṇanimittānāṃ pṛthivyāśrayatvaviśeṣāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati-
vakṣyamāṇanimittānāmantarikṣasya ca vāyusaṃbandhāviśeṣāt vakṣyamāṇanimittaviśeṣavānadhikārī antarikṣam anvīkṣya homārthaṃ pravartate |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati--
sa vakṣyamāṇanimittavān divaṃ dyulokamanvīkṣyāvartate | pravartate homārtham | divo vakṣyamāṇanimittānāṃ ca somasaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati—
sa vakṣyamāṇādbhutaviśeṣanimittavānadhikārī parām utkṛṣṭāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ 5 divam anvīkṣyāvartate | homārthaṃ pravartate | nimittānāṃ diśa(va ?)śca vaiṣṇavatvāt |
idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati—