Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.197
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1.197
'Having wrested away their meters with [your] meters by means of this, bring them to match me.' With the one-syllabled they wrested away the fifteen-syllabled, with the two-syllabled the fourteen-syllabled. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. With the three-syllabled the thirteen-syllabled, with the four-syllabled the twelve-syllabled. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. With the five-syllabled the eleven-syllabled, with the six-syllabled the ten-syllabled. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. With the seven-syllabled the nine-syllabled, with eight, eight. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. Having thus wrested away their meters with their meters, they struck down the Asuras. Prajāpati, having become a reddish-brown horse, snorted away those who were driven away into the clefts. They are found as if one by one at the borders. Then indeed the gods prospered, the Asuras were defeated. He prospers himself, his hostile rival is defeated, who knows thus.
1.197.p1
The gods were of smaller number, as it were; the Asuras were of greater number.
1.197.p2
With the lesser they indeed wrested away the greater of theirs.
1.197.p3
Therefore a smaller band fights against a larger band.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit