Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 32.195

32.195

vasiṣṭhamṛṣayo'medhanvaiśyo'syabrāhmaṇa iti
so'kāmayata tareyaṃ duritaṃ pāpmānamiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tena e āti viśvāni duritā tareme tyeva duritaṃ pāpmānamatarat
tarati duritaṃ pāpmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda
taddvādaśākṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati dvādaśākṣarā vai jagatī
paśavo jagatī
paśavaśchandomāḥ paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai
yadu vasiṣṭho'paśyattasmādvasiṣṭhasya plavamityākhyāyate
athaitā bhavanti
purojitī vo andhasa
iti
purastāddha vā etāḥ pāpmānaṃ jayantīḥ | purastātpāpmānamapaghnatyo | yanti
jitaṃ ha vā etābhir | vijitamanvavasyanti
atho yathānyau navatarau cakrāvupāsyedevameva etāmanuṣṭubhaṃ tryahamukheṣu
paryāharanti | svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai
tāsu gaurivītamuktabrāhmaṇam

The sages reviled Vasiṣṭha: 'You are a Vaiśya, not a Brahmin!' / He desired: 'May I cross over misfortune and evil.' / He saw this sāman. / With it he praised. / By that, with [the verse]: 'May we cross over all misfortunes,' he crossed over misfortune and evil. / He who knows this crosses over misfortune and evil. / It has a twelve-syllable finale; the jagatī [meter] has twelve syllables. / Cattle are the jagatī. / The Chandoma days are cattle; [it is] just for the acquisition of cattle. / Because Vasiṣṭha saw it, it is therefore called the Plava of Vasiṣṭha. / Now there are these [verses]: / 'Conquering beforehand the food for you,' / so [they run]. / These [verses] go conquering evil in front, slaying evil in front. / They indeed settle down following what is conquered, what is won, by these. / Moreover, just as one would put on two newer wheels, in the very same way they bring this anuṣṭubh meter round at the openings of the three-day periods, for the attainment of the heavenly world. / On them [is sung] the Gaurīvita, whose brāhmaṇa has been stated.

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atha kārtaveśam

Now the Kārtaveśa [sāman].

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tredhā bharateṣu rāṣṭramāsīdvaitahavyeṣu tṛtīyaṃ | mitravatsu tṛtīyaṃ | kṛtaveśe

The kingdom among the Bharatas was divided into three: a third among the Vaitahavyas, a third among the Mitravats, a third in Kṛtaveśa.
[in Kṛtaveśa] a third.

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tṛtīyam

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so'kāmayata kṛtaveśo ha tvime dve rāṣṭre ekadhā rāṣṭraṃ syāditi

That Kṛtaveśa desired: 'Having struck these two kingdoms, may there be a single kingdom.'

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sa etaddvinidhanaṃ sāmāpaśyat

He saw this two-finale sāman.

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tenāstuta

With it he praised.

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teneme dve rāṣṭre ha tvaikadhā rāṣṭramabhavat

Through it, having struck these two kingdoms, it became a single kingdom.

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tadetacchrīrbhrātṛvyahā sāma

That is this sāman which brings prosperity and slays rivals.

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aśnute śriyaṃ hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda

He who knows this attains prosperity and slays his hateful rival.

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yadu kṛtaveśo'paśyattasmātkārtaveśamityākhyāyate

Because Kṛtaveśa saw it, it is therefore called Kārtaveśa.

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atha śyāvāśvaṃ svargyaṃ sāma | svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai

Now the Śyāvāśva [sāman] is a heavenly sāman, for the attainment of the heavenly world.

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athāndhīgavamiḷāvatyanuṣṭubasaditi -- aniḷānuṣṭupsyādyadetadatra kuryuḥ

Now the Āndhīgava [sāman is sung], so that the anuṣṭubh might have an iḷā; the anuṣṭubh would be without an iḷā if they should perform it here [otherwise].

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atho paśavo vā iḷā

Moreover, iḷā is cattle.