Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.204
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1.204
Aupoditi Gaupālayo used to say: 'He tied the wide one with a creeping plant; he did not make the Nānada in the Anuṣṭubh; chanting the Ṣoḍaśin with the Gaurīvita, he does not fall from prosperity.' One who knows thus indeed does not fall from prosperity. And that also is prepared for his progeny for tomorrow. One who desires cattle should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Śakvarī verses. The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Śakvarī verses are cattle. By the thunderbolt he secures cattle; he becomes rich in cattle. One who desires, 'May I possess the thunderbolt,' should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Śakvarī verses. The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Śakvarī verses are the thunderbolt. By the thunderbolt he secures the thunderbolt; he becomes possessed of the thunderbolt. One who desires food should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Virāj verses. The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Virāj is food. By the thunderbolt he secures proper food; he eats food; he becomes an eater of food. They are thirty-three syllables. There, that which is twenty-one is the support; and that which is twelve is procreation. He stands firm in support; he is propagated; and he is not ruined in the intermediate state, who knows thus.
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'Bring forth to the great, the enlarger of the great'—these indeed are Virāj verses.
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One who desires, 'May no other speech surpass me,' should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Anuṣṭubh verses.
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The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Anuṣṭubh is speech.
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By the thunderbolt he secures speech; no other speech surpasses him.
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'Mount the chariot, O slayer of Vṛtra'—these indeed are Anuṣṭubh verses.
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Now these are three-syllabled, single-footed [verses]:
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'Viṣṇu's meter, over-abundant, are the Śakvarī verses.'
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By means of these, Indra slew Vṛtra; by means of these, he swiftly attained fortune.
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