Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 25.2

25.2

tataḥ te devāḥ agnihotrāt svargaṃ kāmayamānā santaḥ tapaḥ cakruḥ | teṣāṃ tapyamānānāṃ tebhyastapyamānebhyaḥ pṛthivyantarikṣaṃ dyauriti lokatrayātmako raso'jāyata | tatsārabhūtāḥ pṛthivyādayo lokā abhyatapan ṛgvedādīnuddiśya tapaścakruḥ | tebhyastapyamānebhyaḥ ṛgvedādyātmako raso'jāyata | katham ? pṛthivyā ṛgvedātmako rasaḥ samajani | evamuttaratrāpi | te vedā abhyatapan | tebhyo gārhapatyādyātmako raso'jāyata| katham? ṛgvedād gārhapatyo raso'jāyata | samānamanyat | te gārhapatyādayo'pyabhyatapan | tebhyastapyamānebhyaḥ sahasraśīrṣaḥ aparimitamūrdhā sahasrākṣaḥ asaṃkhyātanayanaḥ sahasrapāt aparimitapādaḥ puruṣo raso'jāyata | evaṃ caturtharasātmakatvāt praśastatamo'yaṃ puruṣa ityarthaḥ |
bhavatvevam | tataḥ kimityatrāha—