Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 38.224
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 38.224
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38.224
atha kākṣīvatam
kakṣīvānvā akāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya | śriyaṃ rājyaṃ
gaccheyamiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyata śriyaṃ rājyamagacchat
te ha vai sahasraṃ kākṣīvatā āsuḥ
tairha vai sa putrai śriyaṃ rājyaṃ jagāma
aśnute śriyaṃ gacchati rājyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
tadu stobhānutunnaṃ bhavati
anutunnādvai prajāḥ paśavaḥ prajāyante
paśavaśchandomāḥ
tena vai rūpasamṛddham
yadu kakṣīvānapaśyattasmātkākṣīvatamityākhyāyate
Now the Kākṣīvata [sāman]. / Kakṣīvant desired, 'May I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle, may I attain prosperity and kingship.' / He saw this sāman. / With it he praised. / Thereupon, indeed, he was propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle; he attained prosperity and kingship. / There were, indeed, a thousand descendants of Kakṣīvant. / With these sons, indeed, he attained prosperity and kingship. / He who knows thus reaches prosperity, attains kingship. / And it is unstruck by stobhas. / From the unstruck, indeed, offspring and cattle are born. / The Chandomas are cattle. / Therefore it is rich in form. / And because Kakṣīvant saw it, therefore it is called the Kākṣīvata.
38.224.p1
atha pramaṃhiṣṭhīyam
Now the Pramaṃhiṣṭhīya [sāman].
38.224.p2
ṛṣīṇāṃ vai satramāsīnānāṃ paśava upādasyan
When the seers were seated at a sacrificial session, their cattle ran low.
38.224.p3
te'kāmayantāva paśūnrundhīmahīti
They desired, 'May we obtain cattle.'
38.224.p4
te hocuretāgnimeva paśūnyācāma
They said, 'Come, let us ask Agni for cattle.'
38.224.p5
sa vāva paśūnāmīśe
'He rules over cattle.'
38.224.p6
sa eva naḥ paśūnpradāsyatīti
'He alone will give us cattle.'
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