Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.128
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.128
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2-3.128
śaśvaddha yāvāneva rathayānāya tāvānājirāsa
tato vai sa tamājimudajayat
yadbṛhaspatirudajayattasmādbṛhaspatisavaḥ
tamājimujjigivāṃsamindro'bravītpurastvā dadhe
māmanena yajñena yājayeti
tatheti
taṃ puro'dhatta
tenainamayājayat
tato vā indrassarveṣāṃ devānāṃ śraiṣṭhyamagacchat
gacchati svānāṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
sa vā eṣa dvayoreva yajño brāhmaṇasya caiva rājanyasya ca
yadbṛhasoatirudajayattena brāhmaṇasya
yadindro'yajata teno rājanyasya
sa u hendrasyaivaikasya purohita āsa netareṣāṃ devānām
so'kāmayata sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ purodhāṃ gaccheyamiti
sa etenaiva yajñenāyajata
tato vai sa sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ purodhāmagacchat
bṛhaspatirvai devānāṃ purohitaḥ
The racecourse was indeed just as wide as the passage of a chariot. Thereupon he won that race. Because Bṛhaspati won, therefore it is the Bṛhaspatisava. To him, who had won that race, Indra said: 'I will appoint you as [my] domestic priest; sacrifice for me with this sacrifice.' Saying, 'So be it,' he appointed him as domestic priest. With it he sacrificed for him. Thereupon Indra attained preeminence among all the gods. He who knows thus attains preeminence among his own people. That sacrifice belongs only to two: to the Brahmin and to the nobleman. Because Bṛhaspati won it, it belongs to the Brahmin; because Indra sacrificed with it, it belongs to the nobleman. He was the domestic priest of Indra alone, not of the other gods. He desired, 'May I attain the domestic priesthood of all the gods.' He sacrificed with this very sacrifice. Thereupon he attained the domestic priesthood of all the gods. Bṛhaspati is indeed the domestic priest of the gods.
2-3.128.p1
sa trivṛdrathantarasāmā bhavati
It is a ninefold [stoma] having the Rathantara sāman.
2-3.128.p2
brahma vai trivṛdbrahma rathantaram
The ninefold [stoma] is the brahman; the Rathantara is the brahman.
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