Chandahsutra 4.16

4.16

tṛtīyaśabdenaitadadhyāyasthasūtrapāṭhakramāpekṣayā virājamāha | tathācoktam,—‘virājo diśaḥ (3|5)’ iti | yadā dvādaśākṣaro'ṣṭākṣaraśca pādaḥ syāt, tatastābhyāṃ dvipād virāḍ nāma gāyatrī bhavati || yathā ṛgvede— vṛbhiryamāno haryyato vicakṣaṇo (1) | rājādevaḥ samudriyaḥ (2) ||
gāyatrayoḥ pādayormadhye jāgataścet pādo bhavati, tadā sā uṣṇik kakupasaṃjñāṃ labhate | yathā ṛgvede—“sudevaḥ samahāsati (1) suvīro naro marutaḥ sa martyaḥ (2) | yaṃ trāyadhve'syāsate” (3) ||