Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.242

2-7.242

tadviṣṇuḥ pratyagṛhṇāt
tasmai dvitīyamudayacchat
taṃ viṣṇuranvatiṣṭhat
so'bravīdasti vā idaṃ tyasmiṃsteja indriyaṃ vīryam
tatta āharāṇi
mā me prahārṣīriti
tatheti
tadasmai prāyacchat
tadviṣṇuḥ pratyagṛhṇāt
tasmai tṛtīyamudayacchat
taṃ viṣṇuranvatiṣṭhat
so'bravīdasti vā idaṃ tyasmiṃsteja indriyaṃ vīryam
tatta āharāṇi
mā me prahārṣīriti
tatheti
tadasmai prāyacchat
tadviṣṇuḥ pratyagṛhṇāt
tasminhodāte sarvaṃ mametīndrastṛtīyaṃ mameti viṣṇuḥ

Viṣṇu received it. He raised [his weapon] against him a second time. Viṣṇu stood behind him. He said: "There is indeed this fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power in that [weapon] of yours. Let me fetch it for you; do not strike me." "So be it," [he replied]. He gave it to him; Viṣṇu received it. He raised [his weapon] against him a third time. Viṣṇu stood behind him. He said: "There is indeed this fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power in that [weapon] of yours. Let me fetch it for you; do not strike me." "So be it," [he replied]. He gave it to him; Viṣṇu received it. Over that they argued: "Everything is mine!" said Indra; "A third is mine!" said Viṣṇu.

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tau vai pṛcchāvahā iti

"Let us two inquire [about this]," [they said].

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tau ha prajāpatāvapṛcchetām

They inquired of Prajāpati.

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tābhyāṃ haitayā vyuvāca

To them he spoke with this [verse]:

2-7.242.p4

ubhā jigyathurna parā jayethe na parā jigye kataraścanainoḥ

"You both have conquered; neither of you is defeated; neither of these two has been vanquished.

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indraśca viṣṇo yadapaspṛdhethāṃ tredhā sahasraṃ vi tadairayethām

When you two contested, O Indra and Viṣṇu, you apportioned the thousand threefold."

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iti

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dvau tava bhāgāvitīndramabravīttṛtīyaṃ taveti viṣṇum

"Two shares are yours," he said to Indra; "the third is yours," to Viṣṇu.

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etadābhyāṃ tatsahasraṃ prāyacchat

In this way he gave that thousand to them.

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tasyaiṣāptiryo bandhumānanūcāna syāttasmai prathame'hani dadyāt

Regarding that, this is the acquisition: one who has kin and is learned, to him one should give on the first day.

2-7.242.p10

yathā iyaṃ pṛthivyevaṃ saḥ

Just as this earth is, so is he.

2-7.242.p11

pratiṣṭiḥtā vā iyaṃ pratiṣṭhitassaḥ

This [earth] is firmly established; firmly established is he.