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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.222

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.222

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Sanskrit

1.222

abhi tvā vṛṣabhā sute ityārṣabham
indro vā akāmayatarṣabhaḥ sarvāsāṃ prajānāṃ syāmṛṣabhatāṃ gaccheyamiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tato vai sa ṛṣabhaḥ sarvāsāṃ prajānāmabhavadṛṣabhatāṃ agacchat
tadevārṣabhasyārṣabhatvam
ṛṣabha eva svānāṃ bhavatyṛṣabhatāṃ gacchati ya evaṃ veda
tadvevācakṣate daivodāsamiti
divodāso vai vādhryaśvirakāmayatobhayaṃ brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvarundhīya rājā
sannṛṣiḥ syāmiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tato vai sa ubhayaṃ brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvārunddha rājā sannṛṣirabhavat
ubhayameva brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvarunddhe rājā sannṛṣirbhavati ya evaṃ veda
yadu divodāso vādhryaśvirapaśyattasmāddaivodāsamityākhyāyate

'Unto you, O bull, in the pressed [soma]...' is the Ārṣabha [sāman].
Indra indeed desired: 'May I be the bull of all creatures, may I attain bullhood.'
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then indeed he became the bull of all creatures, he attained bullhood.
That is the bullhood of the Ārṣabha.
He becomes the bull of his own people, he attains bullhood, who knows thus.
They also call it Daivodāsa.
Divodāsa Vādhryaśva indeed desired: 'May I secure both spiritual power and lordly power; being a king, may I be a seer.'
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then indeed he secured both spiritual power and lordly power; being a king, he became a seer.
He secures both spiritual power and lordly power, being a king he becomes a seer, who knows thus.
And because Divodāsa Vādhryaśva saw it, therefore it is called Daivodāsa.

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