Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 37.221

37.221

tāsu vaiyaśvam
vyaśvaṃ vai sākamaśvaṃ garbhe santaṃ gayaḥ pitṛvyaḥ paryapaśyadṛṣirjaniṣyata iti
taṃ jātaṃ parāstāvabravījjātakṣeṇo'janīti
taṃ chāyā nājahāt
svāvasmā aṅguṣṭho prāsnutām
tadasmā ācakṣata yaṃ vai kumāraṃ parāstāvabravīrayaṃ vai sa jīvatīti
taṃ musalamādāyābhyaiddhaniṣyan
so'kāmayatodita iyāṃ | gātuṃ nāthaṃ vindeyeti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tadabhyagāyata
tadasya musalaṃ pratyakpatitvā śiro'chinat
tadetadbhrātṛvyahā gātuvinnāthavitsāma
hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ | vindate gātuṃ nāthaṃ ya evaṃ veda
yadu vyaśvo'paśyat | tasmādvaiyaśvamityākhyayate
tadaiḷamacchāvākasāma bhavati
paśavo vā iḷā
paśuṣvevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti

On them is the Vaiyaśva [sāman]. / Gaya, his paternal uncle, saw Vyaśva Sākamaśva while he was still in the womb: 'A seer is going to be born.' / When he was born, he said in his absence, 'May he be born with a wasting disease!' / Shadow did not abandon him. / His own two thumbs yielded milk for him. / They reported to him: 'The boy whom you cursed in his absence—he is alive!' / Taking a pestle, he came towards him wishing to slay him. / He desired, 'May I escape from this, may I find a path, a protector!' / He saw this sāman. / He sang over him with it. / His pestle flew back and cut off his head. / This is a sāman that slays rivals, finds a path, and finds a protector. / He who knows thus slays his hateful rival, and finds a path and a protector. / And because Vyaśva saw it, therefore it is called the Vaiyaśva. / It becomes the Acchāvākasāman with the finale iḷā. / Cattle, indeed, are iḷā. / Thus they establish themselves in cattle.

37.221.p1

pavasva deva āyuṣag
iti triṣṭubho rūpeṇa prayanti
traiṣṭubhametadahaḥ
indraṃ gacchatu te madaḥ
vāyumā roha dharmaṇā
iti madvatīrbhavanti
raso vai madaḥ
dhītamivaitadyattṛtīyasavanam
tadyadetā madvatīrbhavanti rasamevāsminnetaddadhaty | evainadetena pyāyayanti
pavamāna ni tośase rayiṃ soma śravāyyam
indo samudramā viśa

With 'Flow, god, together with life…,' they proceed with the form of the Triṣṭubh. / This day belongs to the Triṣṭubh. / With 'May your intoxication go to Indra, mount Vāyu in accordance with cosmic order,' they [the verses] are rich in mada ('intoxication'). / Sap, indeed, is intoxication. / The third pressing is, as it were, drained out. / In that these [verses] are rich in mada, they place sap into it, and swell it by this. / With 'Being purified, O Soma, bestow worthy wealth; O Indu, enter into the sea,' they are rich in 'sea' (samudravatīḥ), which is the form of the Chandomas. / The sea, indeed, is the Chandomas. / With 'Smiting the combatants, you are purified,' by this they smite evil, the combatants.

37.221.p2

iti samudavatīrbhavanti chandomānāṃ rūpam samudro vai chandomāḥ apaghnanpavase mṛdha iti mṛdha evaitena pāpmānamapaghnate tāsu gāyatramuktabrāhmaṇam