Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 17.76
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 17.76
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17.76
athaurṇāyavam
ūrṇāyurvai gandharvo'psaraso'kāmayata
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tena yāṃ yāmakāmayata tāmīyāmiti yāṃ yāmevābhyamṛśattāmupaittāmavārunddha
tadetatkāmasani sāma
etaṃ vai sa kāmamakāmayata
so'smai kāmassamārdhyata
yatkāma evaitena sāmnā stute | samasmai sa kāma ṛdhyate
yadūrṇāyurgandharvo'paśyattasmādaurṇāyavamityākhyāyate
Now the Aurṇāyava [sāman]. Ūrṇāyu the Gandharva desired the Apsarases. He saw this sāman. With it he praised. By means of it, whomever he desired, saying 'May I go to her,' whomever he touched, to her he went, her he obtained. This is a wish-granting sāman. He desired this desire. That desire was fulfilled for him. With whatever desire one praises with this sāman, that desire is fulfilled for him. Because Ūrṇāyu the Gandharva saw it, therefore it is called the Aurṇāyava.
17.76.p1
aṅrirasa svargakāmāssatramāsata
The Aṅgirases, desiring heaven, sat for a sacrificial session.
17.76.p2
te svargaṃ lokaṃ na prājānan
They did not discern the heavenly world.
17.76.p3
sa śvitra āṃgirasassamidvāraḥ parait
Śvitra Āṅgirasa, bearing a firewood-door, went forth.
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tamūrṇāyurgandharva etena sāmnopariṣṭādabhyavapatyābravītsāma vā idaṃ svargyaṃ
Ūrṇāyu the Gandharva, swooping down from above with this sāman, said to him: 'This sāman leads to heaven.'
17.76.p5
tena studhvaṃ | tena stutvaiva svargaṃ lokaṃ prajñāsyatha
'Praise with it. Only having praised with it will you discern the heavenly world.'
17.76.p6
mama tveva sāma brūtāt
'Speak of it, however, as my sāman.'
17.76.p7
yastvā pṛcchetkasta idamavocadity | ūrṇāyurme'vocadityeva brūtāt
"Whoever should ask you, 'Who told you this?', just say, 'Ūrṇāyu told me.'"
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maiva madanyasya voca iti
'Do not speak of it as belonging to anyone other than me.'
17.76.p9
sa punaretyābravītsāma vā idaṃ svargyam
He returned and said: 'This sāman leads to heaven.'
17.76.p10
tena stavāmahai
'Let us praise with it.'
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tena stutvaiva svargaṃ lokaṃ prajñāsyāma iti
'Only having praised with it will we discern the heavenly world.'
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tamabruvankasta idamavocaditi
They said to him: 'Who spoke this to you?'
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