Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.271

2-7.271

asti vā na veti hovāca
yadeva te kiṃ ca pitu svaṃ tasya sarvasya purā sūryasyodetośśiraśchinddhi
sā vaiva sā vā neti
sa ha tathā chettumupacakrame
te hocuradṛpadyavakrīrvibadhnāmeti
neti ha pitovāca
deveṣito vai me putraḥ karoti
eṣa eva tadveda yadatra śreya iti
taddha badhiro grāme takṣā pratiṣidhyamānaṃ na śuśrāva
tasya ha ghnanpareyāya
sa ha ko nu no janastṛṇeḍhīti
sa evāsya prajaghānetyeke
ghnantamevainaṃ sūryo'bhyudiyāya
tasyodite sa eva gandharvaḥ prajaghānetyeke
yathā ha tu mamāra tathāsa
śaśvaddhāsya sa eva gandharvaḥ prajaghāna

'Whether it is or is not,' he said, 'whatever of your father's property there is, cut off the head of all of that before the sun rises, whether it be that [very woman] or not.' He began to cut thus. They said: 'Yavakrī has gone mad, let us bind him.' 'No,' said the father, 'my son acts impelled by the gods; he alone knows what is better here.' A deaf carpenter in the village did not hear the prohibition. Going past, he struck him. 'Who is this person who is thrashing our [people]?'—some say he struck him down. While he was striking, the sun rose over him; when it had risen, that very Gandharva struck him down, say others. But as he died, so it was: in truth, that very Gandharva struck him down.