Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 43.249

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 43.249

Language: Sanskrit

43.249

atha hariśrīnidhanam
prajāpatau ha vā agre śrīrāsa
sa indro'kāmayata yeyaṃ prajāpatau śrīrmayyeṣā syāditi
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tenāstuta
tena hariśrīriti prajāpate śriyamaharat
taddhariśrīnidhanasya hariśrīnidhanatvam
tadetacchrīssavassāma
aśnute śriyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
devāsurā aspardhanta
teṣu hobhayeṣveva śrīrāsa
sa indro'kāmayata vṛñjīyāsurāṇāṃ śriyamiti
sa etatsāmāpaśyat
tena hariśrīrityevāsurāṇāṃ śriyamavṛṃkta
tadveva hariśrīnidhanasya hariśrīnidhanatvam
tadetacchrīreva sāma
aśnute śriyaṃ | vṛṃkta dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ya evaṃ veda
tattryakṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati trayo vā ime lokā -- eṣāṃ lokānāṃ vidhṛtyai

Now the Hariśrī-finale [sāman].
In the beginning, fortune resided in Prajāpati.
That Indra desired: “May this fortune which is in Prajāpati be in me.”
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
With it, with “hariśrīḥ”, he took away the fortune of Prajāpati.
That is why the Hariśrī-finale is called Hariśrī-finale.
This is the sāman of the pressing of fortune.
He who knows thus attains fortune.
The gods and the asuras contended.
In both of them there was fortune.
That Indra desired: “May I seize the fortune of the asuras.”
He saw this sāman.
With it, with “hariśrīḥ”, he seized the fortune of the asuras.
That too is why the Hariśrī-finale is called Hariśrī-finale.
This sāman is indeed fortune itself.
He who knows thus attains fortune; he seizes the fortune of his hateful rival.
It has a three-syllable finale. Three indeed are these worlds—[it is] for the support of these worlds.
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