Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.227

1.227

te'bruvansumedhyā vā abhūmeti
tadeva saumedhasya saumedhatvam
pūto medhyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda
tadvevācakṣate paurvatithimiti
pūrvatithirvā ārcanānasaśśyāvāśvātkanīyān
so'kāmayatāva paśūnrundhīya bhūmānaṃ paśūnāṃ gaccheyamiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
ā ghā gamadyadi śravatsahasriṇībhirūtibhiḥ
iti
sahasrameva paśūnavārunddha bhūmānaṃ paśūnāmagacchat
tadetatpaśavyaṃ sāma
ava paśūnrunddhe bhūmānaṃ paśūnāṃ gacchati ya evaṃ veda
yadu pūrvatithirārcanāsaso'paśyattasmātpaurvatithimityākhyāyate
indra suteṣu someṣu ityuṣṇiho bhavanti
devapurā vā eṣā yaduṣṇihaḥ
tā yadantataḥ kriyante devapurāmevaitadantataḥ pariharanti paśūnāṃ guptyā
asurāṇāmanabhyavacārāya

They said, 'We have indeed become well-sacrificed (sumedhyāḥ).' That is the reason why the Saumedha sāman is called Saumedha. He who knows this becomes pure and fit for sacrifice. They also call it the Paurvatitha. Pūrvatithi Ārcanānasa was younger than Śyāvāśva. He desired, 'May I obtain cattle; may I reach an abundance of cattle.' He saw this sāman. With it he praised: 'May he come indeed, if he hears, with aids bringing thousands!' He indeed obtained a thousand cattle; he reached an abundance of cattle. This is a sāman that brings cattle. He who knows this obtains cattle, he reaches an abundance of cattle. And because Pūrvatithi Ārcanānasa saw it, therefore it is called Paurvatitha. The verses are in the Uṣṇih meter: 'Indra, in the pressed somas.' A stronghold of the gods is that which the Uṣṇih verses are. In that they are performed at the end, they lead around a stronghold of the gods at the end for the protection of cattle, so that the Asuras cannot attack.

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tāsu kautsam

Upon them [is sung] the Kautsa [sāman].

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kutsaśca luśaścendraṃ vyahvayetām

Kutsa and Luśa vied in invoking Indra.

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sa kutsasya havamāgacchat

He came to the call of Kutsa.

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taṃ śatena vārdhrībhirāṇḍayorabadhnāt

He tied him by the testicles with a hundred leather thongs.

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taṃ luśo'bhyavadat

Luśa addressed him:

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svavṛjaṃ hi tvāmahamindra śuśravānānudaṃ vṛṣabha radhracodanam

'For I have heard of you, Indra, as appropriating by yourself, not giving away, a bull, an impeller of the weary.

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pra muñcasva pari kutsādihā gahi kimu tvāvānmuṣkayorbaddha āsate

Release yourself from Kutsa; come hither! Why does one such as you sit tied by the testicles?'

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iti

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tāḥ sarvāḥ saṃlupya luśamabhi prādravat

Tearing them all off, he ran toward Luśa.