Aitareyabrahmana 7.18

7.18

Now Viśvāmitra had a hundred and one sons: fifty were elder than Madhuchandas, fifty were younger. / Now those who were elder did not consider it proper. / He cursed them: 'May your offspring consume the borders!' / These are the Andhras, Puṇḍras, Śabaras, Pulindas, and Mūtibas, who live in great numbers on the borders; the descendants of Viśvāmitra form the majority of the Dasyus. / Madhuchandas, along with the fifty [younger], said: / 'In what our father agrees, in that we abide; / we all place you at our head; we follow behind you.' / Then Viśvāmitra, gratified, praised his sons: / 'You sons, possessors of cattle and heroes shall you be, / who, honoring my authority, have made me rich in heroes. / Having Devarāta at your head, rich in heroes, O Gāthins, / you are all worthy to succeed, my sons; this is your true declaration. / This hero is your Devarāta, O Kuśikas; follow him! / Receive him into my inheritance and into whatever knowledge we know!' / Unanimous, all the descendants of Viśvāmitra, together with their bounties, / stood by Devarāta for steadfastness and pre-eminence, the Gāthins. / The sage Devarāta was received into both inheritances: / both to the overlordship of the Jahnus and to the divine Veda of the Gāthins. / That is this Śunaḥśepa narrative containing over a hundred verses and songs. / The hotṛ priest recites it to the consecrated king. / Seated on a golden cushion he recites it; seated on a golden cushion [the other] responds. / Gold is splendour indeed; thus he endows him with splendour. / 'Om' is the response to a verse; 'So be it, yes' to a song. / 'Om' is divine indeed, 'so be it' is human. / By both the divine and the human he frees him from evil sin. / Therefore, whatever king should be victorious, / even if not performing sacrifice, he should have this Śunaḥśepa narrative recited; / not even the slightest sin remains in him. / He should give a thousand [cows] to the narrator, a hundred to the responder, and both of these seats; / and a white mule-drawn chariot belongs to the hotṛ priest. / Those desiring sons also should have it recited; they obtain sons, they obtain sons.