Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.270

2-7.270

yā no adya trāyāti bhāradvājasya saṃskṛtā
preṇīmagnipriyāmagne tāṃ mahyamā vaha svāhā
iti
tasyai hāyaḥkūṭahastaṃ gandharvamīrṣyumutthāpayāṃ cakāra
taṃ hovācāsau te jāyā yavakriyamabhyagāt
tadihīti
tasyai hāyatyā upatastāra
sā ha siṣmiye
sa hovāca nāha kila te strike smetavyam
atha smayasa iti
kathā heti
mariṣyasi hīti
sā ha pādaṃ pragṛhṇatyuvāca na khalu tvaṃ puruṣetthaṃpadīṃ striyaṃ peciṣa iti
lomaśau hāsyā adhastātpādāvāsatuḥ
saṃnipannau vā hāsaṃnipannau vāsatuḥ
atha hedamevāyaḥkūṭahasto gandharvo'bhivicakrame
sa hovāca namaste'stu
kāsya prāyaścittiriti

'She who shall protect us today, Bhāradvāja's adorned,
pleasing [wife], dear to Agni—bring her to me, O Agni! Svāhā!'
For her [protection] he raised up an envious gandharva with an iron club in hand. He said to him: 'Yonder wife of yours has gone to Yavakrī. Go thither!' As she was coming, he approached her. She smiled. He said: 'Surely, woman, you ought not to smile; yet you smile! How so?' [She replied:] 'Because you will die!' Grasping his foot, she said: 'You, as a man, have certainly not perceived a woman with such feet!' Her two feet underneath were hairy; they were either deformed or not deformed. Just then, this gandharva with an iron club in hand strode up. He [Yavakrī] said: 'Homage to you! What is the expiation for this?'