Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.153
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1.153
Those asuras [turned toward] that of Indra.
The gods [turned toward] that of Indra and Agni.
Those asuras [turned toward] the midday Pavamāna.
The gods [turned toward] the Rathantara.
Those asuras [turned toward] the Vāmadevya.
The gods [turned toward] the Naudhasa.
Those asuras [turned toward] the Kāleya.
They went after them right at the Kāleya.
With the Kāleya they drove them away from the Kāleya.
In that they drove them away (akālayanta), that is the nature of the Kāleya (kāleyatvam).
He drives away his hating rival who knows thus.
They dispersed to the quarters.
With the Kāleya, going around after them, they drove them away.
In that, going around after them, they drove them away, that too is the nature of the Kāleya.
Going around after him, he drives away his hating rival who knows thus.
Sacrifice is swiftness; the stoma is the possessor of treasures.
By means of the sacrifice and by means of the stoma they drove them away.
By means of the sacrifice and by means of the stoma he drives away his hating rival who knows thus.
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The asuras came with the verse; the gods [came] with the sāman.
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The gods, holding the asuras down in the verse itself, crushed them with the sāman, so that the hating rival should be crushed,
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for his slaying:
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'Indra, unceasingly for assistance... singing the Bṛhat, when Soma has been pressed in the rites...'
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[The word] 'dhvārāḥ' belongs to the Rathantara sāman; 'dhoro' belongs to the Bṛhat sāman.
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These two, indeed, follow this [rule].
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Therefore, one should sing both forms: that which belongs to the Rathantara and that which belongs to the Bṛhat.
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Distinct, indeed, are their two brahma-sāmans.
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Now this follows both.
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Therefore, one should sing both forms.
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