Shatapatha Brahmana 8.4.4.12

8.4.4.12

saiṣā brahmacitiḥ | yadbrahmopādadhata tasmādbrahmacitiḥ sā prajāpaticitiryatprajāpatimupādadhata tasmātprajāpaticitiḥ sa 'rṣicitiryadṛṣīnupādadhata tasmādṛṣicitiḥ sā vāyucitiryadvāyumupādadhata tasmādvāyucitiḥ sā stomacitiryatstomānupādadhata tasmātstomacitiḥ sā prāṇacitiryatprāṇānupādadhata tasmātprāṇacitirato yatamadeva katamacca vidyāttena haivāsyaiṣārṣeyavatī bandhumatī citirbhavatyatha lokampṛṇe upadadhātyasyāṃ sraktyāṃ tayorupari bandhuḥ purīṣaṃ nivapati tasyopari bandhuḥ

This, indeed, is Brahman's layer: inasmuch as they (the gods) laid down the Brahman, therefore it is Brahman's layer. It is Pragâpati's layer: inasmuch as they laid down Pragâpati, it is Pragâpati's layer. It is the Rishis’ layer: inasmuch as they laid down the Rishis, it is the Rishis’ layer. It is Vâyu's layer: inasmuch as they laid down Vâyu, it is Vâyu's layer. It is the Stomas’ layer: inasmuch as they laid down the hymn-forms, it is the Stomas’ layer. It is the layer of the vital airs: inasmuch as they laid down the vital airs, it is the layer of the vital airs. Hence, whatsoever one may know, that comes to be included in the ancestry, in the kinship of this layer.--He then lays down two Lokamprinâs (space-filling bricks) in that corner: the significance of these (will be explained) farther on. He throws loose soil thereon: the significance of this (will be explained) farther on.