Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.441
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.441
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2-8.441
sā hekṣāṃ cakre kathaṃ nu mā śunī plaveta hantāsyai gādhāsānīti
tāṃ hovāca mā mā ploṣṭhā gādhā te bhaviṣyāmīti
tahteti
tasyai ha gādha āsa
sā ha gādhenātisasāra
tā hānvājagāma rasāyāmantarvalenāpihitāḥ
tasyai hānvāgatāyai tathaiva sarpiḥ kṣīramāmikṣāṃ dadhītyetadevopanidadhuḥ
sā hovāca nāhametāvadapriyā devānāṃ gā avidaṃ yadvo'śnīyām
ta u vai devānāṃ steyaṃ kṛtvā carathaitāsāṃ vā ahaṃ gavāṃ padavīrasmi
na mā lāpayiṣyadhve nendrasya gā upahariṣyadhva iti
sā hānāśuṣyuvāsa
sā ha jarāyvapāstaṃ viveda
taddha cakhāda
tāṃ haika upajagau tyamiva vai ghnatī saramā jāru khādatīti
tadidamapyetarhi nivacanaṃ tyamiva vai ghnatī saramā jāru khādatīti
jarāyu ha sā taccakhāda
sā ha punarāsasāra
tāṃ hocussarame'vido gā iti
She [the river] reflected: 'How indeed could a bitch swim across me? Come, let me be fordable for her.'
She said to her: 'Do not swim across me; I will become fordable for you.'
'Yes,' [she replied].
There was a ford for her.
She crossed over by the ford.
She came upon them enclosed within the Rasā by Vala.
To her who had arrived, they placed before her in the same way ghee, milk, curds, and clotted curd.
She said: 'I am not so unkind to the gods that I would eat your [food] when I have found the cows.
Indeed, you live having committed theft against the gods! Truly, I am the tracker of these cows.
You will not cajole me; you will not withhold Indra’s cows.'
She stayed fasting.
She found a discarded afterbirth (jarāyu).
She chewed on that.
About her, someone sang: 'Like one that strikes, Saramā chews the afterbirth.'
Hence even today there is this saying: 'Like one that strikes, Saramā chews the afterbirth.'
For she chewed that afterbirth.
She returned.
They said to her: 'O Saramā, did you find the cows?'
2-8.441.p1
avidamiti hovācemā rasāyāmantarvalenāpihitāḥ
'I have found them,' she said; 'they are enclosed within the Rasā by Vala.
2-8.441.p2
tā yathā manyadhvamevamājihīrṣateti
Fetch them as you think fit.'
2-8.441.p3
tāṃ ha tadindra uvācānnādīmare te sarame prajāṃ karomi yā no gā anvavida iti
Indra said to her then: 'O Saramā, I make your offspring eaters of food, you who found our cows.'
2-8.441.p4
te haite vidarbheṣu mācalāssārameyāḥ
They are those Mācala hounds descended from Saramā among the Vidarbhas.
2-8.441.p5
api ha śārdūlaṃ mārayanti
They even kill a tiger.
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