Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.252
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.252
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2-7.252
saibhyassaṃvatsare trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prājanayat
tāṃ punarājāyata
taṃ rudrā upāsīdannastu na svamiti
tebhya etāṃ gāṃ prāyacchat
tāṃ saṃvatsaramarakṣanta
saibhyassaṃvatsare trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prājanayat
tāṃ punarājāyata
tamādityā upāsīdannastu na svamiti
tebhya etāṃ gāṃ prāyacchat
tāṃ saṃvatsaramarakṣanta
saibhyassaṃvatsare trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prājanayat
tatsahasramabhavat
saiva sahasratamī
tāṃ punarājāyata
sa yo haivaṃ vidvāngā rakṣate pra haivāsya sahasramāpnuvanti
tasmādu haivaṃvidā rakṣitavyā eva gāvas
te'bruvannalaṃ vai tasmai smo yatsahasreṇa yajemahi
eta sahasreṇa yajāmahā iti
In a year she brought forth for them three hundred and thirty-three [cattle]. She was born again. The Rudras approached him [saying]: 'Let there be property for us.' To them he gave this cow. They guarded her for a year. In a year she brought forth for them three hundred and thirty-three [cattle]. She was born again. The Ādityas approached him [saying]: 'Let there be property for us.' To them he gave this cow. They guarded her for a year. In a year she brought forth for them three hundred and thirty-three [cattle]. That became a thousand. She was the thousandth. She was born again. Whoever, knowing thus, guards cattle, truly [cattle] reach a thousand for him. Therefore cattle should certainly be guarded by one who knows thus. They said: 'We are indeed able to sacrifice with a thousand; come, let us sacrifice with a thousand!'
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tatsārdhaṃ sahasraṃ samākurvan
They brought the thousand together.
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tadeṣāṃ sahasraṃ saṃkhyāna evaikasyai gornodabhavat
In their counting of the thousand, they were short by one cow.
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te'bruvanprajāpatimevemāṃ sahasratamīṃ yācāmahā iti
They said: 'Let us ask Prajāpati for this thousandth cow.'
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te prajāpatimeva tāṃ sahasratamīmayācanta
They asked Prajāpati for that thousandth cow.
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sa prajāpatiraikṣata yadyebhyaḥ pradāsyāmi rekṣye yadyebhyo na pradāsyāmyūnameṣāṃ
Prajāpati considered: 'If I give it to them, I shall be left empty; if I do not give it to them, their'
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sahasraṃ bhaviṣyati
'thousand will be deficient.'
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haintainānsahaivānayābhyupayānīti
'Come, let me approach [them] along with her.'
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tānabravītsahaiva vo'hamanayābhyupayānīti
He said to them: 'Let me approach you along with her.'
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tatheti
'So be it!'
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tāṃstayaiva sahābhyupait
He approached them along with her.
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ta etaṃ trirātraṃ yajñamapaśyat
They saw this three-night sacrifice.
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tamāharanta
They brought it.
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