Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.155
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.155
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2-4.155
anūdeyāya tvaṣṭā
sa ha papracchāsti kiṃcitpariśiṣṭā3miti
astyayaṃ saṃsrāva iti hocuḥ
taṃ hāgnau pravartayāṃ cakārendraśatrurvardhasva svāheti
taṃ yatprāvartayatsa eva vṛtro'bhavat
sa vartamāna evāgnīṣomāvabhisaṃbabhūva
tasmādāhuragnīṣomāvasuryāviti
sa ha smeṣumātramūrdhvamudardati
tato ha smānāvacchāṃ kṣitis
sa trayīṃ vidyāṃ sarvāṃ śriyaṃ sarvamannādyamapi yadidaṃ trirātre sahasraṃ procyate
tadabhisaṃbabhūva
tasya hedaṃ sarvaṃ balikṛdāsa
kīlālaṃ ha smāsmai nadyo vahanti
atha hābhiyugvāno nāmāṣṭau devānāṃ sahacarā āsuraṣṭau pitṝṇāmaṣṭau
manuṣyāṇāmaṣṭāvasurāṇām
teṣāṃ ha smendro māyayāṣṭamo bhavati vṛtraṃ jighāṃsan
tasmādu hainamindra eva jaghāna yadindraśatrurvardhasva svāheti pravartayāṃ cakāra
atha yaddha prāvartayiṣyadindrasya śatrurvardhasva svāheti
Tvaṣṭṛ came after him.
He asked: "Is anything left over?"
They said: "There is this residue."
He rolled it into the fire, [saying,] "Grow, having Indra as thy slayer, svāhā!"
When he rolled it, that became Vṛtra.
As he was rolling, he encompassed both Agni and Soma;
therefore, they say that Agni and Soma are demonic.
He used to swell upwards to the measure of an arrow's flight;
thereupon, the earth became uninhabitable.
He encompassed the three-fold knowledge, all prosperity, and all food—even that which is spoken of as the thousand [cows] in the three-day rite;
all that he encompassed.
All this [world] paid tribute to him.
The rivers carried sweet liquor for him.
Then there were eight companions of the gods called the Abhiyugvans, eight of the ancestors, eight of men, and eight of the Asuras.
Indra, wishing to slay Vṛtra, became the eighth of them by magical power.
And therefore, Indra indeed slew him, because he rolled it saying, "Grow, having Indra as thy slayer, svāhā!"
Whereas, if he had rolled it saying, "Grow, thou slayer of Indra, svāhā!"—
2-4.155.p1
- śaśvaddhainaṃ nāhaniṣyat
—he would never have slain him.
2-4.155.p2
tamayamindraṃ somo rājā pīto'nupahūto'hinot
King Soma, drunk uninvited, harmed this Indra.
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tasya ha sarvebhya eva chidrebhyaḥ preyāya mukhādeva na
He flowed forth from all his openings, except his mouth alone.
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tasmādu ha bhiṣajya āsa
Therefore, he was in need of healing.
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tasya yadavāgiyāya saiva surāvāriṭakā babhūva
That [discharge] of his which went downward became intoxicating liquor.
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yacchiśnātsā parisruk
That which [went] from his penis became parisrut.
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trirniraṣṭhīvat
He spat out three times.
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