Chandahsutra 4.44

4.44

pañcākṣaraiścaturbhiḥ pādairakṣarapaṅktirnāma cchandaḥ | nanu catvāriṃśadakṣarā paṅktiḥ, tat kathaṃ pañcakāścatvāra ityucyate ? atrottaram— “dvāvapyalpaśaḥ” (3|45) ityasmāt siṃhāvalokitanyāyenālpagrahaṇamanuvarttate, tena paṅkteralpatvaṃ viśeṣāt pratipāditaṃ bhavati || yathā ṛgvede—“praśukraitu (1) devī manīṣā (2) | asmatsutaṣṭau (3) ratho na vājī (4) ||”