Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.107

20.107

tā abruvanvatsānha no vettha
tānnaḥ prayaccha | yairvayaṃ vatsinīrasāma
vatsī sa brāhmaṇo'sadyo'smā vedeti
tābhyo vatsānprāyacchat
agnimevāsyai prāyacchad | vāyumantarikṣāyādityamamuṣyai
ete ha vā āsāṃ vatsāḥ
tāssaṃvatsaramuṣitvāpaivākrāman
so'bravītkathāpākramiṣṭeti
tā abruvannṛṣabhānha no vettha
tānnaḥ prayaccha | yairvayamṛṣabhiṇīrasāma
ṛṣabhī sa brāhmaṇo'sadyo'smānvedeti
tābhya ṛṣabhānprāyacchadetānathakārān
ete ha vā āsāmṛṣabhāḥ
tāssaṃvatsaramuṣitvāpaivākrāman
so'bravītkathāpākramiṣṭeti

They said: "You do know our calves.
Give them to us, with which we may have calves.
May that Brahmin have calves who knows us."
To them he gave calves:
fire indeed he gave to this one, wind to the atmosphere, the sun to that one.
These indeed are their calves.
Having lived [with him] for a year, they walked away.
He said: "Why have you walked away?"
They said: "You do know our bulls.
Give them to us, with which we may have bulls.
May that Brahmin have bulls who knows us."
To them he gave bulls, [namely] these 'atha'-sounds (athakārān).
These indeed are their bulls.
Having lived [with him] for a year, they walked away.
He said: "Why have you walked away?"