Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.267
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.267
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2-7.267
tasya vā etasya lalāṭādeva siṃho'jāyatoraso'dhi śārdūla
udarāddvīpyakṣībhyāmapāṣṭhihau karṇābhyāmaśvakarṇau kesarebhya ṛkṣā ṛkṣīkā
lomabhyo dūrvā anūkācchieśumāro vālebhyo'śvavālāḥ sakthibhyāṃ
krauñcāvāṇḍābhyāṃ varāhau vaktrābhyāṃ cakravākau vaniṣṭhorudro
gudābhyo'hayo'jagarāḥ kuṣṭhikābhyo vartakāḥ śaphebhyaḥ śalyakāḥ
śakṛtpiṇḍebhyaḥ kūśmā ūvadhyādurvāru taṃtisantadūlaḥ śyāmāko
lohitakamityetatkṣudramannādyamupajajñe
From his very forehead the lion was born; from his chest, the tiger; from his belly, the leopard; from his two eyes, two bee-eaters; from his two ears, two aśvakarṇa plants; from his mane, bears and she-bears; from his hairs, dūrvā grass; from his spine, the crocodile; from his tail-hairs, horse-tail grasses; from his two thighs, two krauñca birds; from his testicles, two boars; from his two mouths, two cakravāka birds; from the entrails, the Rudra; from his intestines, snakes and pythons; from his dewclaws, quails; from his hooves, porcupines; from the balls of his dung, pumpkins; from the undigested food in the stomach, cucumbers, creeping vines, and rice-grass; from these arose this lesser food such as śyāmāka and lohitaka grains.
2-7.267.p1
tadāhuryaḥkathaṃ sa ālabhya iti
On this they say: 'Of what kind is he that is to be seized [as victim]?'
2-7.267.p2
ya eva dūre śrutassa ālabhya ityāhuḥ
'He who is famous far and wide is to be seized,' they say.
2-7.267.p3
vīryeṇa vai sa śrutaḥ
'For through vital power is he famous.
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