Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.42
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1.42
He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' He arrived at a fourth [place]. Two women guarded great wealth. He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' He arrived at a fifth [place]: a river of blood and a river of ghee flowing side by side. That which was a river of blood, a black, naked man armed with a club guarded it. Then that which was a river of ghee, for it golden men with golden cups bailed out all desires. He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' He arrived at a sixth [place]: five rivers, rich in lotuses, rich in white lotuses, flowing with sweet-water. In them there was dancing and singing, the sound of the lute, troops of apsarases, fragrant perfume, [and] a great sound. He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.'
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He turned back from right there.
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He came straight to Varuṇa.
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He said to him: 'Have you come, my dear child?'
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'I have come, father,' [he said].
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'Did you see, my dear child?'
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'I did see, father,' [he said].
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'What, my dear child?'
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'A man indeed, having chopped up a man, then devoured him,' he said.
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'Yes,' he said.
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'Those who, offering the fire-offering in this world without knowing thus, chop up trees and lay them [on the fire],'
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'trees indeed, having taken human form, devour them in return in that world.'
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'What is the expiation for that?'
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'When he thus lays on a kindling-stick, that is the expiation for it; through that he is released from it,' he said.
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'What was the second?'
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'A man indeed devoured a man who was screaming,' he said.
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'Yes,' he said.
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'Those who, offering the fire-offering in this world without knowing thus, cook cattle that are screaming, cattle indeed,'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit