Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.219

On this, however, Jānaśruteya said: "The finale of the sāman is indeed its vital power. They would shake it, they would disjoin it, if they approached them separately. They should be approached together, for the vital power of the sāman." They have four syllables: "May we stand firmly in all the four quarters in this world; may we stand firmly in all the four quarters in the intermediate space; may we stand firmly in all the four quarters in yonder world." By the Aurdhvasadmana the night is provided with pṛṣṭhas: this [earth] is the Rathantara, the intermediate space is the Vāmadevya, yonder [sky] is the Bṛhat. And those who are the foremost of these worlds, they are the pṛṣṭhas. Whoever knows thus becomes one of them. The Ūrdhvasama is indeed procreation. Whoever knows thus attains Prajāpati's state.

"Come hither to us, O Indra, with wealth..."—[on this verse is] the Vaiṇava. Veṇu Vaiśvāmitra desired: "May I be first,

chief, endowed with spiritual luster!"

He saw this sāman.

He praised with it.

Thereupon he became first, chief, endowed with spiritual luster.

Whoever knows thus becomes first, chief, endowed with spiritual luster.

Because Veṇu Vaiśvāmitra saw it, it is called the Vaiṇava.

They also call it the Āpāla.

Apālā Ātreyī was spotted or had an ugly skin.

She desired: "May I strike away this bad complexion!"

She saw this sāman.

She praised with it.

Going down to the water-crossing, she found a soma shoot.

She chewed it up.