Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 43.246

43.246

atha hopamā sāvedasī kalyāṇyāsa kṣatrasya prātardanasya jāyā
tasyai ha bhrātaraṃ jaghnuḥ
taddha dhuvanamāsa
tāṃ ha paridhāvantīmindro'bhidadhyau
sa ha śuṣkājinaṃ paridhāyābhyaveyāya
tasya ha vivadhe apūpamūta itarārdhe'pāsakta āsāmikṣā sarpiṣā saṃyatetarārdhe
sa hāsyā antikaṃ nartituṃ dadhre
tāṃ ha sma nayatsarpiṣā pralimpati
taṃ ha sma yadapasedhaty | atha ha smāsyā antikameva nṛtyati
sāyamāsa | vyapeyuḥ
tāṃ ha patiḥ papraccha kimatra kiñciddivādo'drākṣīriti
sā hovāca na nu tato'nyat | sthavira eva me'dyāntikamanartīt
tasya vivadhe'pūpamūta itarārdhe'pāsakto'bhūdāmikṣā sarpiṣā saṃyatetarārdhe
taṃ yadapāsītsa mathamedyāntikamevānartīditi
sa hovācā vai na indro havamagamat
jeṣyāmo vā imaṃ saṃgrāmam

Now Upamā Sāvedasī was a beautiful woman, the wife of Kṣatra Prātardana. Her brother was slain. Then there was lamentation. As she ran about, Indra fixed his mind upon her. He, putting on a dry hide, approached. On his carrying-pole, on one side a basket of cakes was attached, [and] on the other side curd mixed with ghee. He undertook to dance near her. As she led him along, he anointed her with ghee. Whenever she pushed him away, then he would dance right near her. It became evening; they dispersed. Her husband asked her, 'Did you see anything around here today?' She said, 'Nothing indeed other than this: an old man danced near me today. On his carrying-pole, on one side a basket of cakes was attached, [and] on the other side curd mixed with ghee. Whenever I pushed him away, he then danced right near me.' He said, 'Indra has indeed come to our call! We shall indeed win this battle!

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indro vai so'bhūt | taṃ moddhiṃsiṣṭhās | taṃ sakhīkṛtya brūtājjayāma

That was indeed Indra. Do not harm him! Having made him an ally, tell him, "Let us win

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saṃgrāmamiti

the battle!"'

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śvo ha bhūte parisasruḥ

When the next day dawned, they ran around.

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sa hāyaṃ tādṛśenaiva vivadhena parastarāmiva nartituṃ dadhre

With that very same carrying-pole, he undertook to dance further off, as it were.

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taṃ ha sma yatprepsyaty | atha ha smetaraḥ parastarāmeva

Whenever she sought to reach him, then the other moved further away.

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sā hekṣāñcakre hantainamabhivadānīti

She thought, 'Come, let me address him.'

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taṃ hābhyuvāda

She addressed him:

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kiṃ te majāka mūta

'What is in your basket, Majāka?'

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iti

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ya kalpitopanarāhi

“Whoever prepared it, went off.”

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itīndraḥ

Thus [said] Indra.

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vi te majāka śīyatāṃ mahato joṣavājina

“May your bag be emptied, O great eager racer!”

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ityupamā sāvedasī

Thus [said] Upamā Sāvedasī.

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vi cetputraka śīyātai samittaccinavatpitā

“Even if it is emptied, dear son, the father shall gather fuel for that.”

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itīndraḥ

Thus [said] Indra.

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viṣaṃ majāka te bhūyātprāvabhrāveva sarpata

“May it become poison for you, O bag, creeping like two snakes!”

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ityupamā sāvedasī

Thus [said] Upamā Sāvedasī.