Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.263
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.263
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2-7.263
tasyāṃ sarvānbhogānparyapaśyanye ke ca gavi bhogāstān
te'bruvannime vā asyāṃ sarve bhogāḥ
etemāmeva pra ṇo janayeti bravāmeti
tāmabruvanpra ṇo janayeti
sā trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatānyāgnaye | prājanayat
trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni vāyave prājanayat
trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni ādityāya prājanayat
tatsahasramabhavat
saiva sahasratamī
tāṃ punarājāyata
sa yo haivaṃ vidvāngā rakṣate pra haivāsya sahasramāpnuvanti
tasmādu haivaṃvidā rakṣitavyā eva gāvaḥ
te'bruvannalaṃ vai tasmai smo yannānāśo viparetya yajamānā āsīmahyeta nānāśo
viparetya yajamānā āsāmahā iti
te nānāśo viparetya yajamānā āsata
te naiva śreyāṃso'bhavanna pāpīyāṃsaḥ
te'bruvanna vai śreyāṃso'bhūma na pāpīyāṃsaḥ
eta sahasreṇa yajāmahā iti
In her they beheld all goods, whatever goods there are in cattle. They said: 'All these goods are indeed in her. Come, let us say to her: "Generate for us!"' They said to her: 'Generate for us!' She generated three hundred and thirty-three for Agni. She generated three hundred and thirty-three for Vāyu. She generated three hundred and thirty-three for Āditya. That became one thousand. She herself was the thousandth. She was born again. He who, knowing thus, protects cattle, a thousand indeed come to him; therefore cattle must be protected only by one who knows thus. They said: 'We are truly competent to sit as sacrificers, having dispersed separately. Come, let us sit as sacrificers, having dispersed separately.' They sat as sacrificers, having dispersed separately. They became neither better nor worse. They said: 'We have become neither better nor worse. Come, let us sacrifice with a thousand.'
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tatsārdhaṃ sahasraṃ samākurvan
They put together the thousand jointly.
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tadeṣāṃ sahasraṃ saṃkhyāna ekasyai gornodabhavat
In the counting of their thousand, it fell short by one cow.
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te'bruvanprajāpatimevemāṃ sahasratamīṃ yācāmahā iti
They said: 'Let us ask Prajāpati himself for this thousandth one.'
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te prajāpatimeva tāṃ sahasratamīmayācanta
They asked Prajāpati himself for that thousandth one.
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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: 'I will approach [the sacrifice] along with her together with you.'
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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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