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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.191

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.191

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.191)

āṣṭādaṃṣṭre ṛddhikāmaḥ kurvīta  
aṣṭādaṃṣṭro vai vairūpaḥ paścevānyebhya ṛṣibhya ete sāmanī apaśyat  
so'bibhedastotrīye me sāmanī bhaviṣyata iti  
so'bravīdṛdhnavātsa yo me sāmanī somasya tarpayāditi  
ṛddhiprāgubhite vā ete sāmanī  
ṛdhnuvantyevaitābhyāṃ tuṣṭuvānāḥ  
aṣṭādaṃṣṭro vairūpaḥ paśukāmastapo'tapyata  
sa ete sāmanī apaśyat  
tābhyāmastuta  
sa etāmiḷāṃ upait  
paśavo vā iḷā  
tato vai sa paśūnavārunddha  
te ete paśavye sāmanī  
ava paśūnrunddhe bahupaśurbhavati ya evaṃ veda  
yadvaṣṭādaṃṣṭro vairūpo'paśyattasmādāṣṭādaṃṣṭre ityākhyāyete  
tadaiḷamacchāvākasāma bhavati  
paśavo vā iḷā  
paśuṣvevaitatpratitiṣṭhati

> One who desires prosperity should perform the two Āṣṭādaṃṣṭra \[sāmans\]. Aṣṭādaṃṣṭra Vairūpa saw these two sāmans after the other ṛṣis. He feared: "Will my two sāmans be excluded from the stotriya?" He said: "May he prosper who satisfies my two sāmans with Soma!" These two sāmans are rich in prosperity. Those who praise with these two indeed prosper. Aṣṭādaṃṣṭra Vairūpa, desiring cattle, performed ascetic toil. He saw these two sāmans. He praised with them. He attained this iḷā. The iḷā is cattle. Then he secured cattle. These two sāmans belong to cattle. He who knows this secures cattle and becomes rich in cattle. Because Aṣṭādaṃṣṭra Vairūpa saw \[them\], therefore they are called the two Āṣṭādaṃṣṭra \[sāmans\]. The Acchāvāka's sāman becomes based on the iḷā. The iḷā is cattle. He firmly stands in cattle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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