Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 11.8.1
११.८.१ agnihotre mahaupasthānam
tadyathā ha vai/ idaṃ rathacakraṃ vā kaulālacakraṃ vā pratiṣṭhitaṃ krandedevaṃ haiveme lokā adhruvā apratiṣṭhitā āsuḥ -
sa ha prajāpatirīkṣāṃ cakre/ kathaṃ nvime lokā dhruvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ syuriti sa ebhiścaiva parvatairnadībhiścemāmadṛṃhadvayobhiśca marīcibhiścāntarikṣaṃ jīmūtaiśca nakṣatraiśca divam -
sa maha iti vyāharat/ paśavo vai mahastasmādyasyaite bahavo bhavanti bhūyiṣṭhamasya kule mahīyante bahavo ha vā asyaite bhavanti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ hāsya kule mahīyante tasmādyadyenamāyatanādbādheranvā pra vā yāpayeyuragnihotraṃ hutvā maha ityupatiṣṭheta prati prajayā paśubhistiṣṭhati nāyatanāccyavate -
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