Kathakagrihyasutra 34.1

34.1

aṣṭānamapi puruṣasya nārāyaṇasyārṣam| hiraṇyagarbhaḥ prajāpatiḥ puruṣo nārāyaṇaḥ prāṇo jagatsūtraṃ kaḥ samrāḍiti paryāyāḥ| hiraṇyagarbhaḥ agre sargādau samavartata prādurbabhūva| sa ca jātaḥ prādurbhūtaḥ san eka eva bhūtasya samastasya pṛthivyādibhūtajātasya abhivyaṅgyasya vā mahadādeḥ patiḥ pālakaḥ prabhurāsīt, vyatyayenātītāvibhaktiḥ, prādurbhavati| jagadādau hiraṇyagarbhaḥ patiśca bhavati sarvasyetyarthaḥ| sa hīmāṃ pratyakṣāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṣitiṃ dādhāra dhārayate, uta tathā dyāṃ svargaṃ pṛthivīṃ ca| pṛthivīśabdaḥ sāmīpyādantarikṣe vartate| hiraṇyagarbha eva hi sarvaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva| tasmai kasmai prajāpataye, devāya dānādiguṇayuktāya, haviṣā ājyena vidhema paricarāma, tasmai havirdadma iti yāvat|