Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 25.151
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 25.151
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25.151
atha vājajit
annaṃ vai vājaḥ
yadā vai gauraśvaḥ puruṣo'nnasya suhito bhavati | atha sa vājī bhavati
devāsurā annādye aspardhanta
te devā akāmayanta vṛñjīmahyannādyamasurāṇāmiti
ta etatsāmāpaśyan
tenāstuvata
te vājijigīvetyevānnādyamasurāṇāmavṛñjata
tadeva vājajito vājajittvam
tadetadannādyasyāvaruddhissāma
avānnādyaṃ runddhe | vṛṃkte dviṣato bhrātṛvyasyānnādyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
tatpañcākṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati
pāṃkto vai yajñaḥ
atīva vā ete yajñasya mātrāṃ krāmanti ya etadaharāgacchanti
tadyatpañcākṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati pāṃkto yajño yāvatī yajñasya mātra tāṃ
nedatikrāmāmeti
Now the Vājajit.
Food indeed is booty (vāja).
When an ox, a horse, or a man is well-satisfied with food, then he becomes strong (vājī).
The gods and the asuras contended for food.
The gods desired: 'May we exclude the asuras from food.'
They saw this sāman.
They praised with it.
Saying 'Winner of booty, having conquered!', they excluded the asuras from food.
That is the booty-winning nature of the Vājajit.
This sāman is the securing of food.
He secures food, he cuts off the food of his hateful rival, who knows this.
It has a five-syllable finale.
The sacrifice is fivefold.
Those who come to this day go exceedingly beyond the measure of the sacrifice.
When it has a five-syllable finale, [it is because] the sacrifice is fivefold, [thinking]: 'Lest we exceed the full measure of the sacrifice.'
25.151.p1
atha varuṇasāma
Now the Varuṇasāman.
25.151.p2
varuṇo vai rājā sadhamādamivānyābhirdevatābhirāsīt
King Varuṇa was on an equal revelry, as it were, with the other deities.
25.151.p3
so'kāmayata sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ rājyāya sūyeyeti
He desired: 'May I be consecrated to the kingship of all the gods.'
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