Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.152
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.152
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- Sanskrit
1.152
jamadagnessaptahamabhicaranvā bhrātṛvyavānvā kurvīta
jamadagnirha vai mahenānāṃ purohita āsa
tānha vittenātyādadhau
ta u hainamupajihiṃsuḥ
sa hekṣāṃ cakre kathaṃ nvahameṣāṃ saptasaptaikāhani grāmyāṇāṃ paśūnāṃ hanyāmiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tato vai sa teṣāṃ saptasaptaikāhani grāmyāṇāṃ paśūnāmahan
tatho evaiṣāmetadghnanti
tadu bhrātṛvyahā
hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
yadu jamadagnirapaśyattasmājjamadagnessaptāhamityākhyāyate
tadeṣopagītā
atimātramavardhanta nodiva divamaspṛśan | bhṛguṃ hiṃsitvā māhenā asaṃheyaṃ
parābhavan
iti
asaṃheyaṃ ha vai sa parābhavati ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ hinasti
One who is practicing sorcery or who has a rival should perform the seven-day rite of Jamadagni.
Jamadagni was the domestic priest of the Mahenas.
He surpassed them in wealth.
They attacked and harmed him.
He reflected: 'How now might I destroy of these [people] seven by seven domestic animals in one day?'
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then, indeed, he destroyed of these [people] seven by seven domestic animals in one day.
In this very way they now destroy [the domestic animals] of these [enemies].
That is a slayer of rivals.
He slays his hating rival who knows thus.
And since Jamadagni saw it, therefore it is called the seven-day rite of Jamadagni.
Concerning this, the following verse is sung:
'They grew excessively, they did not touch heaven, / having harmed the Bhṛgu, the Mahenas suffered an irreparable defeat.'
Thus.
Indeed, an irreparable defeat suffers he who harms one who knows thus.
1.152.p1
devāsurā yajñe'spardhanta
The gods and the asuras contended in the sacrifice.
1.152.p2
te devā asurānbahiṣpavamānānniravāghnan
The gods struck the asuras away from the Bahiṣpavamāna.
1.152.p3
te'surā āgneyamājyaṃ paryavāyan
Those asuras turned toward the Ājya of Agni.
1.152.p4
te devā maitrāvaruṇam
The gods [turned toward] the Maitrāvaruṇa [stotra].
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