Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 29.167
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 29.167
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29.167
chandāṃsi yadamumādityamudayacchestāni nāśaknuvannudyantum
tāni dvipadāñchandāṃsyabruvaṃstvayi pratiṣṭhāyaitamudyacchāmeti
tāni vai me'nnaṃ bhavateti
annaṃ te bhavāma ityabruvan
tadbrāhmaṇo ha vai chando dvipadas | tānyasyaitānyannamiha cāmutra ca
tānyetāni chandāṃsi dvipadāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāyaitamādityamudyacchantyetāṃśca yajñakratūn
tadyatpṛccheyuḥ kasmāddvipadaṣṣaṣṭhe'hankriyanta iti | pratiṣṭhityā ityeva brūyāt
tasmādetā atra nāntarityāḥ
tā etā bhavantyagne
tvaṃ no antama
iti
When the meters lifted up that Āditya, they were not able to lift him up. They said to the Dvipadā meters, 'Standing firmly on you, let us lift him up.' [The Dvipadās replied:] 'Become my food.' 'We will become your food,' they said. That meter which is the Dvipadā is the Brahmin; these are his food here and in the yonder world. These meters, having stood firmly on the Dvipadā, lift up this Āditya and these sacrificial rites. If they should ask, 'Why are the Dvipadās performed on the sixth day?', he should say, 'For a firm foundation.' Therefore these should not be omitted here. They are these: 'Agni, you are nearest to us…'
29.167.p1
asamātiṃ rāthaprauṣṭhaṃ gaupāyanā abhyadāsan
The Gaupāyanas practiced black magic against Asamāti Rāthaprauṣṭha.
29.167.p2
te khāṇḍave satramāsata
They were sitting at a sacrificial session in Khāṇḍava.
29.167.p3
atha hāsamātau rāthaprauṣṭhe kirātākulī ūṣaturasuramāyau
Now with Asamāti Rāthaprauṣṭha dwelt Kirāta and Ākuli, possessors of Asura sorcery.
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