Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 31.186

31.186

ubhayaṃ brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvarunddhe ya evaṃ veda
tasmādu haitatsāmaitasmādahno nāntarityam
idaṃ vai rathantaramado bṛhat
idamevāntarikṣaṃ samantamanayoreva lokayossamantatvāya
etena vā ete samante
samantena paśukāma stuvīta
paśavo vā antarikṣaṃ | paśavassamantam
paśumāneva bhavati samantena tuṣṭuvānaḥ
brāhmaṇaḥ purodhākāmassamantena stuvīta
āgreyo brāhmaṇa | ṣandro rājanya | āgneyī pṛthivy | ṣandrī dyauḥ
te ete'ntarikṣamabhi samante
samantāvenau karoti brāhmaṇaṃ ca rājanyaṃ ca samantena tuṣṭuvāno | gacchati
purodhāṃ | pura evaṃ dadhate
prajāpatirvā akāmayata samantaḥ prajayā paśubhi syāma iti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta tato vai sa samantaḥ prajayā paśubhirabhavat
tadveva samantasya samantatvam
samanta eva prajayā paśubhirbhavati ya evaṃ veda

He who knows thus secures both brahman and nobility. Therefore this sāman is not to be omitted from this day. This [earth] is the Rathantara; that [sky] is the Bṛhat. This intermediate space is the Samanta, for making these two worlds contiguous. By this [sāman] these two are contiguous. One desirous of cattle should praise with the Samanta. The intermediate space is cattle; the Samanta is cattle. Having praised with the Samanta, he becomes rich in cattle. A Brahmin desirous of the office of domestic priest should praise with the Samanta. The Brahmin belongs to Agni; the nobleman belongs to Indra. The earth belongs to Agni; the sky belongs to Indra. They are contiguous facing the intermediate space. Having praised with the Samanta, he makes these two, both Brahmin and nobleman, contiguous. He attains the office of domestic priest; they place him at the head. Prajāpati desired: 'May I be contiguous with offspring and cattle.' He saw this sāman. With it he praised. Then indeed he became contiguous with offspring and cattle. That indeed is the contiguity of the Samanta. He who knows thus becomes contiguous with offspring and cattle.