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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 41.234

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 41.234

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Sanskrit

41.234

atha maidhātitham
medhātithigṛhapatayo vai vibhindukīyāssatramāsata
teṣāṃ dṛḍhacyudāgastirudgātāsīdgaurīvitiḥ prastotācyutacyutpratihartā vasukṣayo
hotā sanaka-navakau kāvyāvadhvaryū
paśukāmo medhātithirjanikāmau sanaka-navakau | yatkāmā itare tatkāmāḥ
nānākrāmā ha sma vai purā satramāsate
te ha sma nānaiva kāmānṛddhvāptvotiṣṭhanti
teṣāṃ ha smendro medhātithermeṣasya rūpaṃ kṛtvā somaṃ vratayati
taṃ ha sma bādhante medhātitherno meṣassomaṃ vratayatīti
sa u ha smaiṣāṃ svameva rūpaṃ kṛtvā somaṃ vratayati
tato ha vā idamarvācīnaṃ medhātithermeṣa ityāhvayanti
sa etanmedhātithiḥ paśukāmassāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
purāṃ bhinduryuvā kavir
ityeva valamabhinat
tvaṃ valasya gomato'pāvaradrivo bilam
ityetayā bilamapāvṛṇot

Then the Maidhātitha. Medhātithi as householder, the Vibhindukīyas sat for a sacrificial session. Of them, Dṛḍhacyut Āgasti was the Udgātṛ, Gaurīviti was the Prastotṛ, Acyutacyut was the Pratihartṛ, Vasukṣaya was the Hotṛ, Sanaka and Navaka, the Kāvyas, were the Adhvaryus. Medhātithi desired cattle; Sanaka and Navaka desired wives; whatever desires the others had, they were desiring that. In ancient times they used to sit for a sacrificial session with various desires. Having prospered, having obtained their diverse desires, they would rise. Among them, Indra, having assumed the form of a ram belonging to Medhātithi, used to drink the soma. They used to drive him away, [saying]: "The ram of Medhātithi is drinking our soma!" Then, having assumed his own form, he used to drink their soma. Thence originated this: they call him "ram of Medhātithi." That Medhātithi, desiring cattle, saw this sāman. With it he praised: "Breaker of strongholds, youthful, wise..." — thus he broke Vala. "You, O wielder of the thunderbolt, uncovered the cave of Vala rich in cows" — with this [verse] he uncovered the cave.

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41.234.p1

tataḥ paśavo'sṛjyanta

From it cattle were released.

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41.234.p2

ye prathame'sṛjyanta | ta ima etarhitanāḥ paśavaḥ

Those that were released first, these are the present cattle.

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41.234.p3

tadu haiva hiraṇyaśṛṅgīrdvyūdhnīranūdeyuḥ

Then indeed [cows] with golden horns and double udders followed out after them.

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41.234.p4

tadu haiva hiraṇyacaṇḍātakau vasāne'psarasāvanūdeyatuḥ

And then indeed two Apsarases wearing golden skirts followed out after them.

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41.234.p5

te gṛhapatirabhidadhyau

The householder laid claim to them.

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41.234.p6

sa hovāa mama vā ime | ye'haṃ mama gārhapatye'vārutsi

He said: "These are mine, which I have enclosed in my Gārhapatya [hearth].

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41.234.p7

gṛhapatervāva sarvarddhiriti

All prosperity belongs indeed to the householder."

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41.234.p8

neti hocatussanaka-navakau | paśukāmastvamāsiṣṭhāḥ

"No!" said Sanaka and Navaka, "You sat [in the rite] desiring cattle.

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41.234.p9

te tavaite paśavaḥ

These cattle are yours.

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41.234.p10

janikāmāvāvam

We two desired wives.

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41.234.p11

tayorāvayorime jāye iti

These two are our wives."

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41.234.p12

taddhaiva saṃvadamāneṣvanyatarāmabhipede

While they were arguing, one of them took hold of one [of the women].

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41.234.p13

sā ha pratijaghne

She struck back.

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41.234.p14

saiṣā yasyā etatkabalikamiva

She is the one who has, as it were, a scarred face.

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41.234.p15

atha hānyatarā visiṣmiye

Then the other one smiled.

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41.234.p16

saiṣā hariṇikā

She is Hariṇikā.

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41.234.p17

tasmādete paśūnsevate paśvājānehi

Therefore these [women] serve cattle in the place where cattle are born.

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