Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.190

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.190

Language: Sanskrit

1.190

tenainadvyāyan
yaṃ dviṣyāttaṃ manasā dhyāyet
etamardheḷamupāvayanvyevainamety
adhyardheḷe svarati
tasmāddhūyārdharā atikṣaranti
aṣāḍho ha sāvayaso'tirātreṇeje
tadu hātidhanvaśśaunakaḥ prasṛpta | āsa
sa hodveśīyamatirātre chāvākasāma cakre
taṃ hovāca maivaṃ kuruta
pralupteḷāḥ svaraḥ parastādapratiṣṭhitaḥ pāricaryasya rūpamiti
sa hovāca tāṃ vai vayaṃ kṛtsnāmiḷāmupetya svareṇaiva saṃtatya rātriṃ pravatsyāmahā
iti
neti hetara uvāca
indro vāva tena sāmnāsurānanvabhyavait
te balaṃ svaraṃ viditvā pratyādravan
taṃ prākurvata
sa prakṛta etamardheḷe nyahan
trāṇāya vā eṣa yadardheḷa | iti

By it they dispersed this [darkness]. The one whom he hates he should think of in his mind. Approaching this half-iḷā, he goes through him. He sounds over the half-iḷā. Therefore [...]. Aṣāḍha Sāvayasa sacrificed with an Atirātra. Atidhanvan Śaunaka was present there. He made the Udveśīya the Acchāvāka's sāman at the Atirātra. He said to him: "Do not do so! The musical tone, falling away from the iḷās, unsupported beyond, is a form of wandering." He said: "Reaching that whole iḷā, connecting [it] with the musical tone itself, we will journey across the night." "Not so!" said the other. "Indra indeed approached the Asuras with that sāman. Knowing the musical tone to be his strength, they rushed against him. They took him ahead. When he was taken ahead, he struck down in this half-iḷā. This half-iḷā is indeed for protection."
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