Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 18.83
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 18.83
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- Sanskrit
18.83
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata
so'bravītpriyaṃ vāvedaṃ mamābhūdyena priyāṃ prajāmavārutsīti
tadeva priyasya priyatvam
tadetatprajananaṃ sāma
bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate ya evaṃ veda
yadu vasiṣṭho'paśyattasmādvasiṣṭhasyapriyamityākhyāyate
tadaiḷamacchāvākasāma bhavati
paśavo vā iḷā
paśuṣvevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti
atha ṣoḍaśī
prātassavanabhājanaṃ prathamamahar | mādhyandinabhājanaṃ dvitīyaṃ
tṛtīyasavanabhājanaṃ tṛtīyam
athaitadukthabhājanam
ukthānāṃ vā eṣa eko yatṣoḍaśī
tadyadatra ṣoḍaśī kriyate svenaivainaṃ tadāyatanena samṛddhayanti
tenaibhyassamṛddhena svāyāṃ janatāyāmṛddhukaṃ bhavati
He saw this sāman.
With it he chanted praise.
Thereupon he proliferated with abundant offspring and cattle.
He said: 'Indeed, this dear thing has come to me, by which I have secured dear offspring.'
That is the nature of the beloved (priya).
This sāman brings about procreation.
He who knows this proliferates with abundant offspring and cattle.
And because Vasiṣṭha saw it, therefore it is called the Vasiṣṭhasyapriya.
It is the Achāvāka's sāman with an Iḷā finale.
Cattle are Iḷā.
Thereby they firmly establish themselves in cattle.
Now, the Ṣoḍaśin:
The first day pertains to the morning pressing; the second pertains to the midday pressing; the third pertains to the third pressing.
And this [day] pertains to the Uktha.
For the Ṣoḍaśin is one of the Ukthas.
Since the Ṣoḍaśin is performed here, they thereby cause him to thrive in his own domain.
Because he has thrived for them, he becomes prosperous among his own people.
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govitpavasva vasuviddhiraṇyavid
'Flow forth, cattle-winner, wealth-winner, gold-winner...'
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iti simānāṃ rūpam
—such is the form of the Simans.
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kariṣyaddharivattraiṣṭubhaṃ rūpam
Containing the future tense and the word 'hari', it has the form of the Triṣṭubh.
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tasmādetāstraiṣṭubhe'hankriyante
Therefore these [chants] are performed on the Triṣṭubh day.
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retodhā indo bhuvaneṣvarpita
'Seed-placer, O drop, placed among creatures...'
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ityṛṣabhamevaitadretodhāṃ prātassavane mahānāmnīṣvapisṛjanti prajananāya
—thereby they join the seed-placing bull to the Mahānāmnī verses at the morning pressing for the sake of procreation.
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tvaṃ suvīro asi soma viśvavid
'You are very heroic, O Soma, knowing all...'
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iti simānāṃ rūpam
—that is the characteristic mark of the Simā verses.
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taṃ tvā viprā upa girema āsata iti brāhmaṇā ha vai viprās | ta evainaṃ
‘To you, wise poets, we have sat singing praises’—the wise poets are indeed the Brahmins. They thus
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tadgiropāsate
worship him with praise.
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