Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.139
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.139
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2-3.139
indre ha vā agre yajña āsa
śrīrha vā asmiṃstadāsa
yajña u ha vāva devānāṃ śrīḥ
tamu ha vṛtro'bhivavṛdhe
sa devānupādhāvadyuṣmābhirbalenemaṃ vṛtraṃ hanānīti
tamabruvansa vai no yaste'yaṃ niṣkevalyo yajñastaṃ prayaccheti
tasmādrājani vijigīṣamāṇe viṣaḥ pradānamicchante
tasmādu rājā vijigīṣamāṇo viśa eva pradānaṃ prayacchati
sa vasubhya eva prātassavanaṃ prāyacchadrudrebhyo mādhyaṃdinaṃ
savanamādityebhyastṛtīyasavanaṃ viśvebhyaśca devebhyaḥ
tairbalenendro vṛtramahan
ajayandevā asurān
sa vṛtraṃ hatvā vijitya pṛthagevaiṣāṃ imā śriyo dīpyamānā apaśyat
tamabhiśastiravindan
sa ṣakṣata kathaṃ nvahameṣāmimā śriyassaṃvṛñjīyeti
sa etenaiva yajñenāyajata
tenaiṣāṃ sarvā śriyassamavṛṅkta
vṛṅkte dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
In the beginning, sacrifice was indeed in Indra;
prosperity was indeed in him then;
and sacrifice indeed is the prosperity of the gods.
And Vṛtra grew over against him.
He ran up to the gods [saying]: 'With you as my strength, may I slay this Vṛtra.'
They said to him: 'Give to us that exclusive sacrifice of yours.'
Therefore, when the king desires to conquer, the clans desire a gift [from him];
and therefore the king, when desiring to conquer, gives a gift to the clans.
He gave the morning pressing to the Vasus, the midday pressing to the Rudras, [and] the third pressing to the Ādityas and the All-Gods.
With them as his strength, Indra slew Vṛtra;
the gods conquered the Asuras.
Having slain Vṛtra, having conquered, he saw these splendors of theirs shining separately.
Blame came upon him.
He considered: 'How indeed may I appropriate these splendors of theirs?'
He sacrificed with this very sacrifice.
By it he appropriated all their splendors.
He who knows thus appropriates the splendor of his spiteful rival.
2-3.139.p1
sa ṣandrīṣveva sarvo bhavati
It is entirely upon [verses] to Indra.
2-3.139.p2
ṣandrīṣveva prātassavanaṃ bhavatyaindrīṣu mādhyaṃdianaṃ savanamaindrīṣu tṛtīyasavanam
The morning pressing is on [verses] to Indra, the midday pressing on [verses] to Indra, the third pressing on [verses] to Indra.
2-3.139.p3
tadyadgāyatraṃ satprātassavanamaindrīṣu kriyate vasūnāmeva tena yajñaṃ samavṛṅkta
As to that, because the morning pressing, being in the Gāyatrī meter, is performed on [verses] to Indra, he thereby appropriated the sacrifice of the Vasus.
2-3.139.p4
atha yattraiṣṭubhaṃ sanmādhyaṃdinaṃ savanamaindrīṣu kriyate rudrāṇāmeva tena yajñaṃ
Then, because the midday pressing, being in the Triṣṭubh meter, is performed on [verses] to Indra, he thereby appropriated the sacrifice of the Rudras.
2-3.139.p5
samavṛṅkta
[He] appropriated [it].
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