Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 41.234
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 41.234
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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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tataḥ paśavo'sṛjyanta
From it cattle were released.
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ye prathame'sṛjyanta | ta ima etarhitanāḥ paśavaḥ
Those that were released first, these are the present cattle.
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tadu haiva hiraṇyaśṛṅgīrdvyūdhnīranūdeyuḥ
Then indeed [cows] with golden horns and double udders followed out after them.
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tadu haiva hiraṇyacaṇḍātakau vasāne'psarasāvanūdeyatuḥ
And then indeed two Apsarases wearing golden skirts followed out after them.
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te gṛhapatirabhidadhyau
The householder laid claim to them.
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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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gṛhapatervāva sarvarddhiriti
All prosperity belongs indeed to the householder."
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neti hocatussanaka-navakau | paśukāmastvamāsiṣṭhāḥ
"No!" said Sanaka and Navaka, "You sat [in the rite] desiring cattle.
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te tavaite paśavaḥ
These cattle are yours.
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janikāmāvāvam
We two desired wives.
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tayorāvayorime jāye iti
These two are our wives."
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taddhaiva saṃvadamāneṣvanyatarāmabhipede
While they were arguing, one of them took hold of one [of the women].
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sā ha pratijaghne
She struck back.
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saiṣā yasyā etatkabalikamiva
She is the one who has, as it were, a scarred face.
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atha hānyatarā visiṣmiye
Then the other one smiled.
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saiṣā hariṇikā
She is Hariṇikā.
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tasmādete paśūnsevate paśvājānehi
Therefore these [women] serve cattle in the place where cattle are born.
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