Brihaddevata 5.97

5.97

trisāṃvatsarikaṃ sattraṃ prajākāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ.
āharatsahitaḥ sādhyair viśvairdevaiḥ saheti ca .. 97 ..

97. Prajapati 4, desirous of offspring, offered a sessional sacrifice (sattra) lasting three years, accompanied by the Sadhyas and the All-gods, we are told (iti). satram MSS.-visvairdevaih saheti ca ABn, visvaiscaiveti nah srutam Sadgurusisya. * The following story, as an introduction to Rg-veda vi, is quoted in the Nitimanjari (97-102) and by Sadgurusisya (97-101). 98. Thither came Vac in bodily form to the ceremony of initiation. On seeing her there simultaneously Ka's (Prajapati's) and Varuna's jagama saririni bns, jagamasaririni hdm'rfk. 99. semen was effused. Vayu scattered it in the fire at his will. Then from the flames Bhrgu was born, (and) the seer Angiras among the coals (angara) &. tadvayur hdm's, tadvaccumr b, tadvacyamm , davacyam kn, taddvabhyam - prasyad 3, prasya hdm±rn, prasyam fkr', pracyam b, prastam r. - rcibhyo hdmarfks, cibhyam b, rciso - angaresvangira hdm'r's (Nirukta ii. 17), angarebhyo'ngira rn, angarebhyomgira b, angarascamgira kr 2, amgarasyamgira f. n.- Cp. Nirukta iii. 17 and Aitareya Brahmana iii. 34. 1 ( ye 'ngara asams te 'ngiraso 'bhavan). 100. Vac, on seeing the two sons, herself being seen, said to Prajapati : ' May a third seer also, in addition to these two, be (born) to me as a son.' prajapatim sutau , prajapati sutau n, prajapati tu tau b, prajapatistu tau hdm'rfk.- drstva drsta bfrn, drstva drsta $ (two MSS.), drstva tustah (one MS.), drstva drasya k, drstva drstva hdm'.-bhaved hm`rbfkn, bhavatva _s.