Brahmā said: The letter ‘a’ was his head; ‘ā’ the forehead; ‘i’ the right eye; ‘ī’ the left eye; ‘u’ the right ear; ‘ū’ the left ear; ‘ṛ’ the right cheek; ‘ṝ’ the left cheek, ‘lṛ’ [‘ḷ’] and ‘lṝ’ [ḹ] the pairs of his nostrils; ‘e’ the upper lip, ‘ai’ the lower lip; ‘o’ and ‘au’ the two rows of teeth; ‘aṃ’ and ‘aḥ’ the palates; the five letters beginning with ‘k’ his five hands on the right side; the five letters beginning with ‘c’ his five hands on the left side; the five letters beginning with ‘ṭ’ his right leg; the five letters beginning with ‘t’ his left leg; the letter ‘p’ his belly; ‘ph’ his right side, ‘b’ his left side; ‘bh’ his shoulder, ‘m’ his heart; the letters ‘y’ to ‘s’ the seven dhātus; ‘h’ his soul and ‘kṣ’ his anger. On seeing the great lord along with Umā. Viṣṇu bowed and then looked up at him. He saw a mantra emerging from ‘Om’ with five digits. Resembling pure crystal it contained thirty eight syllables. It was conducive to the increase of knowledge, and it was the means of achievement of all righteous matters. He saw the Ṛk of twenty four syllables and four digits in Gāyatrī metre and in green colour, with the efficacy for gaining control. He saw the Atharvan mantra of thirty three syllables, eight digits, black in colour and with its efficacy of black magic. He saw the Yajus mantra of thirty five syllables, eight digits, white in colour, with the efficacy for peace. He saw the Sāman mantra of sixty-six syllables, of thirteen digits, in the jagatī metre, in the coral-red colour, with the efficacy for creation and dissolution of the universe.