Kathakagrihyasutra 16.5.3

16.5.3

gāyatrī | ghā iti pādapūraṇo varṇāgama iti | upasargaḥ stṛṇātinā saṃbadhyate | yeṣāmiti teṣāmityasya prasaṅge vyatyayena | ye agnimindhate tathā barhirāstṛṇanti | kīdṛśam | ānuṣak , ā samantādanuṣajata ityānuṣakū karmānuṣaktaṃ, teṣāmindro yuvā, viśvastaruṇo vā, sakhā samānakhyāno bhavati || triṣṭup | yugalānāṃ pūrvā gāyatrī, parā triṣṭup | devā dyotamānāḥ sūryaraśmayaḥ | rājanta ityadhyāhāraḥ | kīdṛśāḥ | sukarmāṇaḥ śobhanaṃ prakāśanādikaṃ karma yeṣāṃ, surucaḥ sudīptayaḥ, devayantaḥ devān yajamānaprabhṛtīnicchantaḥ kāmayamānāḥ | ayo na janimā dhamantaḥ, nakāra upamārthīyaḥ, janimā janimānaṃ jananaṃ vrīhiprabhṛtīnāṃ dhamantaḥ prakāśayantaḥ utpādayantaḥ| kiṃvat | ayo na, yathā lohakāraḥ śastraṃ dhamati | śucanto agnim , agnimindhanaśoṣaṇadvāreṇa dīpayantaḥ | vavṛdhanta indram , indraṃ stutibhirvardhayantaḥ | ūrvaṃ gavyaṃ, goḥ svargasyāvayavaṃ pariṣvadantaḥ pariṣīdanto gacchanti | kīdṛśāḥ | sukarmāṇaḥ | devatvaṃ cātmana icchantaḥ | janma ca dhamantaḥ, kutsitaṃ jagaddhamanto nityanaimittikakarmānuṣṭhānena jñānena ca ayovat || he indrāgnī iyaṃ stutirvāṃ yuvayorajani jātā asya manmano'nnasya sakāśāt | kīdṛśī | pūrvyā pūrvabhavā cāsau stutiḥ pūrvyastutiḥ | kasmādiva kā | abhrādvṛṣṭiriva, annāddhi vākpravartate meghādiva vṛṣṭiḥ ||