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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.118

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.118

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Sanskrit

20.118

tā raivataṃ ṣaṣṭhe'hannasṛjanta
tatpaśughoṣo'nvasṛjyata
tasmādraivatasya stotre paśughoṣaṃ kurvanti | vatsānmātṛbhissaṃvāśayanti
tā abruvansṛjadhvameveti
etāvadvāvetyabruvan
tadete ha vā āsāmaindrā ghoṣā vadanti
asminnaindrā ghoṣāssarvā asminpuṇyā vāco vadanti ya evaṃ veda
te devā vāmadevyameva yoniṃ parigṛhyordhvā udāgāhanta
tadetasya pṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasya madhye ha māyaṃ nyadadhuḥ
tadyāni ha vai stutāni sāmāni paścātvaṃ teṣāṃ vāmadevyam | atha
yānyastutāni purastvaṃ teṣām
yo vai grāmasya śreṣṭhī baliṣṭho bhavati tena paścātvena tena purastvena yanti
ariṣṭena yajñena yajate ya evaṃ veda
etasmāddha vā idaṃ yugyau na samavahanau vahato'nyatara eva vahīyānbhavati
tasmādvāmadevyaṃ pṛṣṭham
pṛṣṭhaṃ hi prativahatīti
kḷhiptarvā eṣā śāntirvā eṣā pratiṣṭhā vā eṣaiṣa vāva yajño yadvāmadevyam
tasmādyena yenāhnā stuvanti tattadanusarpati kalpayacchamayat

On the sixth day, they brought forth the Raivata. / After that the sound of cattle was brought forth. / Therefore, at the chant of the Raivata, they make the sound of cattle: they make calves call out to their mothers. / They said, 'Bring forth further!' / 'Only this much!' they replied. / These, indeed, speak as the sounds of Indra for them. / In him the sounds of Indra speak, in him all auspicious speeches speak, who knows thus. / Those gods, grasping the Vāmadevya as a womb, mounted upward. / In the middle of this six-day pṛṣṭha rite they deposited this one. / Now, regarding the sāmans that have been chanted, the Vāmadevya is the rear guard for them; and regarding those that have not been chanted, it is the vanguard for them. / He who is the headman, the strongest of a village, with him as rear guard, with him as vanguard, they proceed. / He sacrifices with an uninjured sacrifice who knows thus. / For this reason, two draft-animals of a pair do not pull equally: one is always stronger at pulling. / Therefore the Vāmadevya is a pṛṣṭha, / for the pṛṣṭha bears against [the load]. / This is order; this is appeasement; this is a firm foundation; this sacrifice is indeed the Vāmadevya. / Therefore, with whatever day they chant, it glides alongside it, arranging and appeasing.

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20.118.p1

asāvyaṃśurmadāye
tyasāvīti simānāṃ rūpam
apsu dakṣo giriṣṭhāḥ
śyeno na yonimāsadat
śubhramandho devavātamapsu dhautaṃ nṛbhissutam
ityapsumatīrbhavanti
āpo hyetadahaḥ
svadanti gāvaḥ payobhiḥ
ādīmaśvaṃ na hetāramaśūśubhannamṛtāya
iti gomatīḥ paśumatīrbhavanti paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai
paśavo hyetadahaḥ
madho rasaṃ sadhamāda
iti madvatīrbhavanti
raso vai madaḥ
dhītamivaitadyattṛtīyasavanam
tadyadetā madvatīrbhavanti rasamevāsminnetaddadhati
ṣavainadetena pyāyayanti

'The stalk has been pressed for exhilaration'—in 'has been pressed' is the form of the Sīmans. / 'Skillful in the waters, mountain-dwelling, / like a falcon he has settled in the womb; / the bright sap, welcome to the gods, washed in the waters, pressed by men'—thus they contain [the word] 'water', / for this day belongs to the waters. / 'The cows sweeten [it] with their milk; / then they adorn him for immortality like a runner, a horse'—thus they contain [the word] 'cow' and contain [the word] 'cattle', to secure cattle, / for this day belongs to cattle. / 'The sap of sweetness in joint exhilaration'—thus they contain [the word] 'exhilaration'. / Exhilaration is sap. / This third pressing is, as it were, drained. / So, that these contain [the word] 'exhilaration', they thereby place sap into it; / with this, they swell it.

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