Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.156

2-4.156

tadyatprathamaṃ niraṣṭhīvattadeva karkandhvabhavadyaddvitīyaṃ tadbadaraṃ yattṛtīyaṃ tatkvalam
tasmādeteṣāmannaṃ caiva rasāḥ
khāṭkṛtya caturthaṃ niraṣṭhīvat
tadevāmramabhavat
tamevaṃ santaṃ devā abhito niṣeduḥ
ayaṃ na eko vīro'bhūt
sa itthaṃ nyagāt
kva bhavāma iti
sa hovāca na vai vidma yatra bhūmeti
kimiti
cukṣūṣāmi vā iti
atha ha sma tataḥ purā kṣutvaiva mriyante
taṃ hocuḥ kṣuhi jīveti tvā vakṣyāma iti
sa ha cukṣāva
taṃ ha jīvetyūcuḥ
sa ha jijīva
tasmādidamapyetarhi cukṣvāṃsamāhurjīveti
tasmādu yameva manyeta taṃ cukṣvāṃsaṃ brūyājjīveti tasya yannasta iyāya -

Then, what he spat out first became the karkandhu jujube; what [he spat out] second became the badara jujube; what [he spat out] third became the kuvala jujube. Therefore these are both food and sap. Having coughed up, he spat out a fourth time. That became the mango fruit. While he was in such a state, the gods sat around him: ‘This one was our unique hero. He has sunk down in this manner. Where shall we be?’ He said, ‘We do not know where we shall be.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I wish to sneeze.’ Now, before that time, people died as soon as they sneezed. They said to him, ‘Sneeze! We will say “Live!” to you.’ He sneezed. They said to him, ‘Live!’ He lived. Therefore even now, when someone sneezes, people say ‘Live!’ Therefore, to whomever one cares for, when he sneezes, one should say ‘Live!’ What came out of his nostrils—

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- tāveva siṃhāvabhavatām

—those two became lions.

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yadakṣibhyāṃ tau śārdūlau yatkarṇābhyāṃ tau vṛkau vailūṣau yadupapakṣābhyāṃ

What [came out] from his eyes, those two became tigers; what from his ears, those two became wolves, destructive beasts; what from his armpits,

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tāvapāṣṭihau

those two became barb-tailed birds.

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tasmādete vayasāṃ vīryāvattarāḥ

Therefore these possess greater vital power among birds.

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indro hyeteṣāmājānam

For Indra was their origin.

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atha yadavāgiyāya tadidaṃ kṣudraṃ śvāpadaṃ babhūva

Now, what flowed downward, that became this small vermin.

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sa ha viṣiktaśśiśye

He lay discharged of fluid.

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api ha tṛṇairabhivilūḍha āsa

He was completely overgrown with grasses.

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taṃ hocuḥ kvevāsi kveva tvā bhiṣajyāma iti

They said to him, ‘Where are you? Where shall we heal you?’

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tasmādidamapyetarhi upatāpinaṃ pṛcchanti kveva te rujati kveva te bhiṣajyāma

Therefore even nowadays they ask a sick man, ‘Where does it hurt you? Where shall we heal you?’

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iti

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sa ha tṛṇānyabhiparidiśannuvācedamivaiva mābhito'smīdamivaiva mābhito

Pointing around at the grasses, he said, ‘Just around here am I; just around here

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bhiṣajyateti

heal me.’

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tadagnimabruvannidaṃ daheti

They said to Agni, ‘Burn this!’