Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.352

58.352

devā vai śrameṇa tapasā vataracaryeṇāsurānrakṣāṃsyabhyabhavan
te'surā viditvaitparā vai te bhavantīti | strīrūpāṇyakurvata
prathamottanakāścaṇḍātakavāsinīryatkalyāṇatamaṃ rūpāṇāṃ tat
tā devānpratyākramanta
tā devā upanyapādayanta
na hi kasya cana striyo'priyāḥ
teṣu yadeṣāṃ teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ śramābhijitamāsīttadasiṃcan
te'surā viditvaitadiyadvā eṣāṃ teja indriyaṃ vīryamabhūdityādāya prāravan
teṣāṃ ha devānāmapriyamāsīt
riricānā ivāmanyanta
te'bruvankathaṃ nvidaṃ teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ punarādadīmahīti
ta etā vyāhṛtīrapaśyan

The gods, through toil, ascetic heat, and the observance of vows, overcame the Asuras and the Rakṣases. The Asuras, having realized: 'They are indeed becoming superior,' assumed the forms of women, young maidens wearing petticoats, the most beautiful of forms. They approached the gods. The gods lay with them; for women are unpleasant to no one. In them they spilled whatever fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power they had won through toil. The Asuras, having realized this, thinking: 'So much was their fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power,' took it and ran away. To the gods it was grievous; they felt as if emptied out. They said: 'How now might we take back this fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power?' They saw these sacred utterances: