Aitareyabrahmana 8.23

8.23

Etena ha vā aindreṇa mahābhiṣekeṇa Dīrghatamā
Māmateyo Bharataṃ Dauḥṣantim abhiṣiṣeca.
tasmād u Bharato Dauḥṣantiḥ samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ
jayan parīyāyāśvair u ca medhyair īje
tad apy ete ślokā abhigītāḥ \
hiraṇyena pārivṛtān kṛṣṇāñ chukladato mṛgān \
Maṣṇāre Bharato 'dadāc chatam badvāni sapta ca \\
Bharatasyaiṣa Dauḥṣanter agniḥ Sācīguṇe citaḥ \
yasmin sahasram brāhmaṇā badvaśo gā vibhejire \\
aṣṭāsaptatim Bharato Dauḥṣantir Yamunām anu \
Gaṅgāyāṃ Vṛtraghne 'badhnāt pañcapañcāśataṃ hayān \\
trayastriṃśacchataṃ rājāśvān baddhvāya medhyān \
Dauḥṣantir atyagād rājño 'māyān māyavattaraḥ \\
mahākarma Bharatasya na pūrve nāpare janāḥ \
divam martya iva hastābhyāṃ nodāpuḥ pañca mānavā
ity
etaṃ ha vā aindram mahābhiṣekam Bṛhaduktha
ṛṣir Durmukhāya Pāñcālāya provāca.
tasmād u Durmukhaḥ Pāñcālo rājā san vidyayā samantaṃ
sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ jayan parīyāyai/taṃ
ha vā aindram mahābhiṣekaṃ Vāsiṣṭhaḥ Sātyahavyo
'tyarātaye Jānaṃtapaye provāca.
tasmād v Atyatrātir Jānaṃtapir arājā san vidyayā
samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīṃ jayan parīyāya
sa hovāca Vāsiṣṭhaḥ Sātyahavyo:
'jaiṣīr vai samantaṃ sarvataḥ pṛthivīm, mahan mā gamayeti.
sa hovācātyarātir Jānaṃtapir:
yadā brāhmaṇottarakurūñ jayeyam,
atha tvam u haiva pṛthivyai rājā syāḥ,
senāpatir eva te 'haṃ syām iti.
sa hovāca Vāsiṣṭhaḥ Sātyahavyo:
devakṣetraṃ vai tan, na vai tan martyo jetum arhaty:
adrukṣo vai ma, āta idaṃ dada iti.
tato hātyarātiṃ Jānaṃtapim āttavīryaṃ niḥśukram Amitratapanaḥ
Śuṣmiṇaḥ Śaibyo rājā jaghāna
tasmād evaṃ viduṣe brāhmaṇāyaivaṃ cakruṣe na kṣatriyo druhyen:
ned rāṣṭrad avapadyeya, ned vā mā prāṇo jahad iti jahad iti

viii. 23 (xxxix. 9). With this great anointing of Indra Dīrghatamas Māmateya anointed Bharata Dauḥṣanti. Therefore Bharata Dauḥṣanti went round the earth completely, conquering on every side, and offered the horse in sacrifice. Regarding this these verses are sung

‘ Covered with golden trappings, Beasts black with white tusks, As Maṣṇāra Bharata gave, A hundred and seven myriads. This is the fire of Bharata Dauḥṣanti Piled at Sācīguṇa, At which a thousand Brahmans Divided cows in myriads. Eight and seventy did Bharata Dauḥṣanti on the Yamunā, On the Gaṅgā for the slayer of Vṛtra he bound Five and fifty steeds. A hundred and thirty-three steeds, The king having bound for the sacrifice, Dauḥṣanti surpassed all other kings, In craft, the more crafty. The great deed of Bharata, Neither men before or after, As the sky a man with his hands The five peoples have not attained it.’

This great anointing of Indra Bṛhaduktha the seer proclaimed to Durmukha, the Pāñcāla. Therefore Durmukha Pāñcāla, being a king, by this knowledge went round the earth completely, conquering on every side. This great consecration of Indra Vāsiṣṭha Sātyahavya proclaimed to Atyarāti Jānaṃtapi. Therefore Atyarāti Jānaṃtapi, though not a king, through his knowledge went round the earth completely, conquering on every side. Vāsiṣṭha Sātyahavya said ‘Thou hast conquered entirely the earth on every side: do thou make me great.’ Then said Atyarāti Jānaṃtapi ‘When I conquer, O Brahman, the Uttara Kurus, then thou wouldst be king of the earth, and I should be thy general.’ Vāsiṣṭha Sātyahavya replied ‘That is a place of the gods; no mortal man may conquer it. Thou hast been false to me; therefore I take this from thee.’ Then Amitratapana Çuṣmiṇa Çaibya, a king, slew Atyarāti Jānaṃtapi, whose strength

had been taken away and who had lost his power. Therefore one should not play false with a Brahman who knows thus and has done thus (thinking) ‘Let me not loose my kingdom, nor let breath forsake me.’