Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.2.2.8

8.2.2.8

sajūrṛtubhiriti | tadṛtūnprājanayadṛtubhirvai sayugbhūtvā prājanayatsajūrvidhābhirityāpo vai vidhā adbhirhīdaṃ sarvaṃ vihitamadbhirvai sayugbhūtvā prājanayatsajūrdevairiti taddevānprājanayadyaddevā ityācakṣate sajūrdevairvayonādhairiti prāṇā vai devā vayonādhāḥ prāṇairhīdaṃ sarvaṃ vayunaṃ naddhamatho candāṃsi vai devā vayonādhāścandobhirhīdaṃ sarvaṃ vayunaṃ naddham prāṇairvai sayugbhūtvā prājanayadagnaye tvā vaiśvānarāyeti saṃvatsaro vā agnirvaiśvānaraḥ saṃvatsareṇa vai sayugbhūtvā prājanayadaśvinādhvaryū sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvibhyāṃ vai sayugbhūtvā prājanayat

[He lays down the Vaisvadevî bricks, with Vâg. S. XIV, 7], 'In union with the seasons,'--he thereby produced the seasons, and having entered into union with the seasons he produced (creatures);--'in union with the ranges,'--the ranges, doubtless, are the waters, for by water everything is ranged (distributed or produced) here: having entered into union with the waters he produced (creatures);--'in union with the gods,'--he thereby produced the gods,--those who are called 'gods;'--'in union with the life-sustaining gods,'--the life-sustaining gods, doubtless, are the vital airs, for by the vital airs everything living here is sustained; or, the life-sustaining gods are the metres, for by the metres (sacred writ) everything living is sustained here; having entered into union with the vital airs he produced creatures;-- 'for Agni Vaisvânara,'--Agni Vaisvânara ('belonging to all men'), doubtless, is the year: having entered into union with the year he produced creatures;--'May the Asvins, the Adhvaryus, settle thee here!'--having entered into union with the Asvins he produced creatures.