Aitareyabrahmana 7.18

7.18

tasya ha Viśvāmitrasyaikaśatam putrā āsuḥ pañcāśad eva
jyāyāṃso Madhuchandasaḥ pañcāśat kanīyāṃsas
tad ye jyāyāṃso, na te kuśalam menire.
tān anuvyājahārāntān vaḥ prajā bhakṣīṣṭeti.
ta ete 'ndhrāḥ Puṇḍrāḥ Śabarāḥ Pulindā Mūtibā ity
udantyā bahavo bhavanti Vaiśvāmitrā dasyūnām bhūyiṣṭhāḥ
sa hovāca Madhuchandāḥ pañcāśatā sārdhaṃ:
yan naḥ pitā saṃjānīte tasmiṃs tiṣṭhāmahe vayam \
puras tvā sarve kurmahe tvām anvañco vayaṃ smasīty
atha ha Viśvāmitraḥ pratītaḥ putrāṃs tuṣṭāva
te vai putrāḥ paśumanto vīravanto bhaviṣyatha \
ye mānam me 'nugṛhṇanto vīravantam akarta mā \\
puraetrā vīravanto Devarātena Gāthināḥ \
sarve rādhyāḥ stha putrā, eṣa vaḥ sadvivācanam \\
eṣa vaḥ Kuśikā vīro Devarātas, tam anvita \
yuṣmāṃś ca dāyam ma upetā vidyāṃ yām u ca vidmasi \\
te samyañco Vaiśvāmitrāḥ sarve sākaṃ sarātayaḥ \
Devarātāya tasthire dhṛtyai śraiṣṭhyāya Gāthināḥ \\
adhīyata Devarāto rikthayor ubhayor ṛṣih \
Jahnūnāṃ cādhipatye daive vede ca Gāthinām \\
tad etat paraṛkśatagāthaṃ śaunaḥśepam ākhyānaṃ
tad dhotā rājñe 'bhiṣiktāyācaṣṭe
hiraṇyakaśipāv āsīna ācaṣṭe, hiraṇyakaśipāv āsīnaḥ pratigṛṇāti.
yaśo vai hiraṇyaṃ, yaśasaivainaṃ tat samardhayaty
om ity ṛcaḥ pratigara, evaṃ tatheti gāthāyā.
om iti vai daivaṃ, tatheti mānuṣaṃ.
daivena caivainaṃ tan mānuṣeṇa ca pāpād enasaḥ pramuñcati
tasmād yo rājā 'vijitī syād,
apy ayajamāna ākhyāpayetaivaitac chaunaḥśepam ākhyānaṃ,
na hāsminn alpaṃ canainaḥ pariśiṣyate
sahasram ākhyātre dadyāc chatam pratigaritra ete caivāsane,
śvetaś cāśvatarīratho hotuḥ
putrakāmā hāpy ākhyāpayeram̐l, labhante ha putrām̐l labhante ha putrān

vii. 18 (xxxiii. 6). Viçvāmitra had a hundred and one sons, fifty older than Madhuchandas, fifty younger. Those that were older did not think this right. Them he cursed (saying) ‘Your offspring shall inherit the ends (of the earth).’ These are the (people), the Andhras, Puṇḍras, Çabaras, Pulindas, and Mūtibas, who live in large numbers beyond the borders; most of the Dasyus are the descendants of Viçvāmitra. Madhuchandas with the other fifty said ‘What our father agreeth to That we accept; We all place thee before us, We are after thee.’

Then Viçvāmitra, pleased, praised his sons ‘O my sons, rich in cattle And with heroic offspring, shall ye be, Who, accepting my will, Have made me possessed of heroic offspring.’

With a hero to lead you, With Devarāta, O Gāthinas, Shall ye all prosper, O my sons; He shall discern the truth for you. This is your hero, O Kuçikas, Devarāta; him follow; As inheritance from me shall he obtain you And the knowledge which we know. In agreement the sons of Viçvāmitra, All together joyously, Accepted the control of Devarāta, And his pre-eminence, the Gāthinas. Devarāta was granted Both inheritances, the sage, The overlordship of the Jahnus, And the sacred lore of the Gāthinas.

This is the tale of Çunaḥçepa, with a hundred Ṛc verses as well as Gāthās. This the Hotṛ tells to the king after the anointing. He tells it seated on a golden cushion; seated on a golden cushion he responds; gold is glory; verily thus he makes him prosper by glory. _Om_ is the response to a Ṛc, ‘Be it so’ to a Gāthā; _om_ is divine, ‘Be it so’ human; verily thus with what is divine and what is human he frees him from evil and from sin. Therefore a victorious king should, even when not sacrificing, make him narrate this tale of Çunaḥçepa; not the least tinge of sin will be left over in him. A thousand should he give to the narrator, a hundred to him who makes the response; the seats and a white mule chariot (should also be given) to the Hotṛ. Those who desire sons also should have it narrated; they obtain sons.