Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.100
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.100
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20.100
athāgneyaṃ triṇidhanaṃ savanānāṃ kḷhaptyai
pavamānena vai devebhyo'nnādyaṃ pradīyate
tanmadhyenidhanaṃ bhavati annādyasya viśeṣāya
agnirvā akāmayata annāda eva śreṣṭha svānāmabhavat
tadetadannādyasyāvaruddhissāma
avānnādyaṃ runddhe'nnāda śreṣṭha svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda
yadvagnirapaśyattasmādāgneyaṃ triṇidhanamityākhyāyate
Then [follows] the Āgneya with three nidhanas for the proper ordering of the pressings. By means of the pavamāna, food is given to the gods. It has its nidhana in the middle, for the distinction of food. Agni desired: 'May I be an eater of food, the best of my own [people].' So this sāman is an acquisition of food. He who knows this acquires food, becomes an eater of food and the best among his own [people]. And because Agni saw [it], therefore it is named the Āgneya with three nidhanas.
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tadvevācakṣate sākamaśvamiti
They also call it the Sākamaśva.
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kakṣīvānpriyamedhamapṛcchat
Kakṣīvant asked Priyamedha:
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iddha in | na didīpā3 itpriyamedheti
"Being kindled, did you not blaze up, O Priyamedha?"
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tadasya nāmanuta
He did not comprehend this [question] of his.
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so'bravītprajāyānme tvā pratibravaditi
He said: "May [someone] among my offspring reply to you."
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atha ha kakṣīvato nākulibhastrāsa priyaṃgutaṇḍulānāṃ vā sikatānāṃ vā pūrṇā
Now Kakṣīvant had a mungoose-skin bag full of either priyaṅgu grains or sand.
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tāsāṃ ha sma saṃvatsare saṃvatsara ekaikāṃ prāsyati
From these he used to throw out one [grain] year by year.
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tāvaddhāsmā āyurdattamāsa
So much life had been given to him.
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sa u ha navamassākamaśva ājajñe priyamedhāt
And as the ninth, Sākamaśva was born from Priyamedha.
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so'kāmayatodita iyāṃ | gātuṃ prativacanaṃ vindeyeti
He desired: 'May I go to that which has been spoken; may I find a path and an answer.'
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sa etatsāmāpaśyat
He saw this sāman.
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tadabhyagāyata
He sang over it.
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tataḥ prativacanamapaśyat
Thence he saw the answer.
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sa kakṣīvantamabhyādravat
He ran toward Kakṣīvant.
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tamabravīdādravantaṃ dṛṣṭvā -- imāṃ me bhastrāmudake prāsyata | imamahaṃ taṃ
Seeing him running, [Kakṣīvant] said to him: "Throw this bag of mine into the water! I see him who
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