Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.2
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Pointing to the fire, he said: 'This is the most abundant, the best of possessions,' and pointing to the sun, 'Yonder is the most abundant, the best of possessions.
So I offer yonder most abundant, the best of possessions into this most abundant, the best of possessions in the evening; I offer this most abundant, the best of possessions into yonder most abundant, the best of possessions in the morning.
These two alone will make me reach where all desires are;
these two will conquer repeated death for me.'
'Well-offered; may I propitiate the gods!' thus he praised him.
Then he asked the next one: 'How, venerable sir, do you perform the fire-offering?'
Priya Jānaśruteya said: 'As fiery luster indeed, O Emperor, do I offer the fire-offering. Therefore I am fiery luster.
Fiery luster indeed will ultimately be in my offspring.'
He said to him: 'Kāṇḍvīya, what is fiery luster?'
Pointing to the fire, he said: 'This is fiery luster,' and pointing to the sun, 'Yonder is fiery luster.
So I offer yonder fiery luster into this fiery luster in the evening; I offer this fiery luster into yonder fiery luster in the morning.
These two alone will make me reach where all desires are;
these two will conquer repeated death for me.'
'Well-offered; may I propitiate the gods!' thus he praised him.
Then he asked the next one: 'How, venerable sir, do you perform the fire-offering?'
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Buḍila Āśvatarāśvi Vaiyāghrapadya said: 'As the Arka and the Aśvamedha indeed,
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O Emperor, do I offer the fire-offering.
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For this is the food of the gods, namely the Arka, the horse, the sacrificial offering, the fit for sacrifice.'
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He said to him: 'Vaiyāghrapadya, what is the Arka? What is the horse, the sacrificial offering, the fit for sacrifice?'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit