Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.99

20.99

tayoḥ pratyatiṣṭhat
te enamudapārayetām
tato vai sa gātuṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ avindata
vindate gātuṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ya evaṃ veda
yadu manurapaśyattasmānmānave ityākhyāyete
atha vāmramabhyārambho yajñasya pratyapasāraḥ
abhyeva ṣaṣṭhamaharārabhate prati caturthamapadhāvati
abhyārambhairvai devā asurānyajñādantarāyan
vamro vaikhānasaḥ paśukāmastapo'tapyata
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
sa etāṃ madhya iḷāmupetyādhyardhāmiḷāmupariṣṭādupait
paśavo vā iḷā
bhūmo vā adhyardheḷā
tato vai sa bhūmānamabhipūrvaṃ paśūnāmavārunddha
tadetatpaśavyaṃ sāma
bhūmānamevābhipūrvaṃ paśūnāmavarunddhe ya evaṃ veda
yadu vamro vaikhānaso'paśyattasmādvāmramityākhyāyate

He stepped onto the two of them; they ferried him across. Thereupon he indeed found a path and a firm foundation. He who knows this finds a path and a firm foundation. And because Manu saw [them], therefore they are named the Mānavas. Now [follows] the Vāmra. It is an undertaking of the sacrifice, a turning back. One undertakes the sixth day and runs back to the fourth. By undertakings indeed the gods excluded the Asuras from the sacrifice. Vamra Vaikhānasa, desiring cattle, performed ascetic penance. He saw this sāman; with it he praised. Having reached this iḷā in the middle, he reached an adhyardhā-iḷā at the end. Cattle are indeed iḷā; the adhyardhā-iḷā is abundance. Thereupon he obtained an abundance of cattle in proper order. So this is a cattle-gaining sāman. He who knows this obtains an abundance of cattle in proper order. And because Vamra Vaikhānasa saw [it], therefore it is named the Vāmra.