Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.91
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.91
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2-3.91
ta etaṃ pṛtanājitaṃ yajñamapaśyan
tamāharan
tenāyajanta
tato vai te tāṃ pṛtanāmajayan
yatpṛtanāmajayaṃstatpṛtanājitaḥ pṛtanājittvam
jayati pṛtanāṃ dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
sa caturviṃśo bhavati
caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ
saṃvatsarādevaināṃstadajayan
tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati
idaṃ vai rathantaram
asmādevaināṃstallokādajayan
tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti
dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ
māsaśa evaināṃstatsaṃvatsarādajayan
tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti
caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ
ardhamāsaśa evaināṃstatsaṃvatsarādajayan
They saw this sacrifice, the Pṛtanājit.
They grasped it.
They sacrificed with it.
Thereupon they conquered that army.
Because they conquered the army, that is the Pṛtanājit-nature of the Pṛtanājit.
He who knows thus conquers the army and the spiteful rival.
It consists of twenty-four [parts].
The year consists of twenty-four half-months.
From the year they conquered them then.
Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara [sāman].
This [earth] indeed is the Rathantara.
From this world they conquered them then.
It has twelve stotras.
The year has twelve months.
Month by month they conquered them from the year then.
It has twenty-four chanted verses and recitations.
The year consists of twenty-four half-months.
Half-month by half-month they conquered them from the year then.
2-3.91.p1
te jitāḥ pañcaviṃśameva pitaraṃ prajāpatiṃ prāpadyantāmuṃ ca lokam
Defeated, they fled to their father Prajāpati, who is the twenty-fifth, and to yonder world.
2-3.91.p2
tānakāmayantāta enānsatrā jayemeti
They [the gods] desired: 'May we conquer them completely (satrā) from there!'
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