Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.3.3.6

8.3.3.6

paṅktiścandaḥ | uṣṇikcando bṛhatī cando 'nuṣṭupcando virāṭ cando gāyatrī candastriṣṭupcando jagatī canda ityetāni niruktāni virāḍaṣṭamāni candāṃsyupadadhāti pṛthivī cando 'ntarikṣaṃ canda iti yānyetaddevatyāni candāṃsi tānyevaitadupadadhātyagnirdevatā vāto devatetyetā vai devatāścandāṃsi tānyevaitadupadadhāti

'The Paṅkti metre! the Ushnih metre! the Brihatî metre! the Anushtubh metre! the Virâg metre! the Gâyatrî metre! the Trishtubh metre! the Gagatî metre!' these eight defined metres, including the Virâg, he puts down.--[The back set, with, Vâg. S. XIV, 19], 'The metre Earth! the metre Air! the metre Heaven! the metre Years! the metre Stars! the metre Speech! the metre Mind! the metre Husbandry! the metre Gold! the metre Cow! the metre Goat! the metre Horse!' he thus puts down those metres which are sacred to those particular deities.--[The left set, with, Vâg. S. XIV, 20], 'The deity Fire! the deity Wind! the deity Sun! the deity Moon! the deity Vasavah! the deity Rudrâh! the deity Âdityâh! the deity Marutah! the deity Visve Devâh! the deity Brihaspati! the deity Indra! the deity Varuna!'--these deities, doubtless, are metres: it is these he thus lays down.