Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 22.130

22.130

ṛṣīṇāṃ vā agre mantraścaiva prajā cāsīnna paśavaḥ
te'kāmayantāva paśūnrundhīmahīti
te saṃvatsare paśūnparyapaśyan
tānetenāṣṭeḷena padastobhenodasṛjanta
te'bruvannasti nvā iti
tānṣaḍiḷenodasṛjanta
te'bruvannasti nvā iti
tāṃścaturiḷenodasṛjanta
te'bruvannasti nvāveti
tāndvīlenodasṛjanta
te vā ete paśava eva yatpadastobhāḥ
paśava etadahaḥ
paśumānbhavati ya evaṃ veda
ta u sarve jāgatā bhavanti
paśavo vai jagatī
teno haivāsmiṃstadapyekaśaphāḥ paśavastiṣṭhante yatsarve jāgatā bhavanti
sarve hi jāgatāḥ paśavaḥ

In the beginning, the ṛṣis had only the sacred formula and offspring, not cattle. / They desired, 'May we secure cattle.' / They beheld cattle in the year. / They set them free with this eight-iḷā padastobha. / They said, 'Are there indeed more?' / They set them free with a six-iḷā [padastobha]. / They said, 'Are there indeed more?' / They set them free with a four-iḷā [padastobha]. / They said, 'Are there indeed still more?' / They set them free with a two-iḷā [padastobha]. / These padastobhas are indeed cattle. / Cattle are this day. / One who knows thus becomes rich in cattle. / And they all are in the Jagatī meter. / Cattle indeed are the Jagatī. / And thereby even single-hoofed cattle stay with him, in that they all are in the Jagatī meter; / for all cattle belong to the Jagatī.

22.130.p1

atha pārthaṃ dviyabhyāsaṃ dvitīyasyāhno rūpam
dvitīyaṃ hyetadaharāyatanena
atha ṛṣabhaśśākvaraḥ
paśavo vai simāḥ | paśavo revatayaḥ | paśava ṛṣabhaḥ
ṛṣabhamevaitatpaśuṣvapisṛjanti mithunatvāya prajananāya
pra mithunena jāyate ya evaṃ veda
sa u dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ devatābhyāṃ pratitiṣṭhati
tasmādṛṣabha skandandvipādbhavati
tā etāścaturakṣarā devatā bhavanti
tasmāddvipātskandati
catuṣpadaḥ prajanayati
pra prajayā paśubhirjāyate ya evaṃ veda
sa u pāṃktaḥ
pāṃkte'hani kriyate rūpasamṛddhatāyai
indurvājī pavate gonyoghā

Then there is the Pārtha with two repetitions, the form of the second day; / for this day is second by its domain. / Then the Śākvara Ṛṣabha. / The Simas are cattle; the Revatīs are cattle; the Ṛṣabha is cattle. / They introduce a bull among the cattle for pairing, for procreation. / One who knows thus propagates with a pair. / And it is established on two deities each. / Therefore a bull, mounting, becomes two-footed. / These are four-syllable deities. / Therefore, being two-footed, he mounts; / he generates four-footed [offspring]. / One who knows thus propagates with offspring and cattle. / And it is fivefold. / It is performed on the fivefold day for fullness of form. / 'The prize-winning drop flows, rich in cows'— / thus they are verses containing 'cow', containing cattle, for the securing of cattle; / for this day is cattle.

22.130.p2

iti gomatīḥ paśumatīrbhavanti paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai paśavo hyetadahaḥ tāsu dāśaspatyamuktabrāhmaṇam