Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.371

2-8.371

prājāpatyaṃ śvo bhūta ālabhante
prajāpatiśreṣṭhā vai devāḥ
śreṣṭhata evaitaddevatāḥ prīṇanti
yo vai śreṣṭhamarādhayitvāthānyānīpsati sarve vāva tasya te'rādhitā bhavanti
atha ya śreṣṭhaṃ rādhayitvāthāpyanyānādriyate sarve vāva tasya te'bhīṣṭhāḥ prītā
bhavanti
prajāpatiśreṣṭhā vai devāḥ
śreṣṭhata evaitatsarvā devatāḥ prīṇanti
śveto lomaśastūparo lapsugyanyatodañcatuṣpād
yacchveto lomaśastadavīnāṃ rūpam
yattūparastadaśvānām
yallapsugī tatpruṣāṇām
yadanyatodaḷhastadgavām
yadajastadajānām
sarveṣāṃ vā eṣa paśūnāṃ mehdaḥ
sarveṣāmevaitatpaśūnāṃ medhena saṃvatsaraṃ pitaraṃ prajāpatiṃ prīṇanti
sa enānprītaḥ prīṇāti
devā vā ṛddhikāmāstapo'tapyanta

On the next day, they seize an animal victim for Prajāpati.
Prajāpati is the highest of the gods;
they thus please the deities starting from the highest.
Whoever, having failed to please the highest, seeks to gain the others—all those of his are unpleased.
Then whoever, having pleased the highest, also pays regard to the others—all those of his are desired and pleased.
Prajāpati is the highest of the gods;
they thus please all the deities starting from the highest.
[It is] white, shaggy, hornless, with a dewlap, having teeth in one jaw, four-footed.
In that it is white and shaggy, that is the form of sheep;
in that it is hornless, that is of horses;
in that it has a dewlap, that is of deer;
in that it has teeth in one jaw, that is of cattle;
in that it is a goat, that is of goats.
This is the sacrificial essence of all animals;
with the sacrificial essence of all animals they thus please the year, the father Prajāpati.
Being pleased, he pleases them.
The gods, desiring prosperity, performed austerities.