Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 12
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12.51
Now the Pāṣṭhauha [sāman].
Pāṣṭhauhi Āṅgirasa, desiring the heavenly world, performed austerities.
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then indeed he attained the heavenly world.
This is a heaven-procuring sāman.
He who knows thus attains the heavenly world.
Because Pāṣṭhauhi Āṅgirasa saw it, therefore it is called the Pāṣṭhauha.
And indeed these two sāmans are the invocation and the response: "ho ye ho vā hā ho"
—by this the Aṅgirases called;
"hā o vā o vā"—by this they responded.
These two sāmans are indeed the invocation and the response, leading to heaven, for the attainment of the heavenly world.
"Press, pour around..."
—they contain the word "pari" ("around"), the form of the end.
For this day is the end.
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On them [is sung] the sāman of Speech.
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For atonement, the gods sit at sacrificial session.
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They did not discern the heavenly world, this third day. They desired: 'May we discern the heavenly world, this third day.' Speech, singing a sāman, floated up to them. They saw it. With it they praised. With it they prospered. With it they discerned the heavenly world, this third day. That is this prosperity-giving, heaven-procuring sāman. He prospers, he goes to the heavenly world, who knows thus. That which is auspicious and peaceful in speech, that is the sāman. They say of one speaking well, 'He speaks melodiously (sāmanvat).' In that this sāman exists, they pacify the three-day period with the auspicious and peaceful part of speech. And because speech, singing a sāman, floated up, therefore it is called the Sāman of Speech (Vācassāma). 'Friends, sit down; sing forth to the purifying one'—thus they contain [the word] 'pra' and [the word] 'pari'. In that they contain 'pra', it is for the generation of the fourth day. Then, in that they contain 'pari', it is the form of the end, for this day is the end: 'Whatever is the end, let it be the end.' For with 'pari, pari' they go around (paryanti) the end.
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On them [is sung] the Śaukta [sāman].
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The Aṅgirases, performing ascetic penance, grieved.
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They desired: 'May we strike away grief.'
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They saw this sāman.
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With it they praised.
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With it they struck away grief.
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In that they struck away grief (śucam), that is the Śaukta-nature of the Śaukta.
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He strikes away grief who knows thus.
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Śukti Āṅgirasa, desiring the heavenly world, performed ascetic penance.
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He saw this sāman.
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With it he praised.
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Then indeed he reached the heavenly world. That is this heaven-procuring sāman. He reaches the heavenly world who knows thus. And because Śukti Āṅgirasa saw it, therefore it is called Śaukta. 'The most honeyed pressed somas, intoxicating for Indra'—thus they contain [the word] 'mad'. Exhilaration is sap. This third pressing is like something drained. In that these contain [the word] 'mad', they place sap into it, they swell it with this. 'Possessing purifiers they have flowed; let your exhilarations reach the gods'—thus they place sap, exhilaration, in it in proper sequence. 'The drop purifies itself for Indra,' said the gods; 'The lord of speech acts as Makha, ruling everything with strength'—thus they contain [the word] 'viśva'. For this day belongs to the All-Gods. 'The ocean with a thousand streams purifies itself, moving speech'—that which has hundreds and thousands is the form of the Jagatī. This day is related to the Jagatī.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit