Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.92
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among whom he prospers. / Like a bull, like a progenitor, like an overlord he shines among that community in which he is, who knows thus. / Everyone indeed strives to be [paramount] among the people; one is hostile. / “Smite away all enemies”: by this he drives away all enemies. / “With that stream flow”: one should make this the opening verse for one about to join battle. / “Whereby cattle belonging to strangers came here to our homes”: he who joins battle desires to carry off cattle belonging to strangers. / He brings in cattle belonging to strangers. / One setting out on a quest for gain should make this very same the opening verse. / He who sets out on a quest for gain desires to carry off cattle belonging to strangers. / He brings in cattle belonging to strangers; cattle belonging to strangers submit to him, who knows thus. / “O Agni, you purify our life-spans”: one should make this the opening verse for a sick man. / His body goes to Agni, his breath to Vāyu. / Through Agni Pavamāna he unites his body with breath. / They should make this very same the opening verse for those whose consecrated person dies. / Impure, as it were, and unfit for sacrifice they consider those whose consecrated person dies. / Through Agni Pavamāna he makes them pure and fit for sacrifice. One should make this very same the opening verse—
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—who desires spiritual luster.
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Agni, indeed, is the Brahmin of the gods.
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Through Agni, the Brahmin of the gods, he becomes endowed with spiritual luster.
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One performing sorcery should make this very same the opening verse.
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Agni, indeed, is the Brahmin of the gods.
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Through Agni, the Brahmin of the gods, he lays low him whom he hates.
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One desiring food should make this very same the opening verse.
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For [the verse] says: “Impel nourishment and food to us”; by this he secures food and nourishment.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit