Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.4.3.22

5.4.3.22

so 'vatiṣṭhati | haṃsaḥ śuciṣadvasurantarikṣasaddhotā vediṣadatithirduroṇasat | nṛṣadvarasadṛtasadvyomasadabjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtam bṛhadityetāmaticandasaṃ japanneṣā vai sarvāṇi candāṃsi yadaticandāstathainam pāpmā nānvavatiṣṭhati

He steps down (from the chariot), muttering this atikhandas verse (Vâg. S. X, 24; Rik S. IV, 40, 5), 'The swan dwelling in the light, the Vasu dwelling in the air, the priest seated on the altar, the guest dwelling in the retreat (house),--the man-dwelling, the space-dwelling, the law-dwelling, the sphere-dwelling, the water-born, cow-born, law-born, rock-born (is) the great law.' For that atikhandas (or excessive metre) comprises all the metres: thus evil does not descend along with him.