Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 15.66
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15.66
Now the Ātharvaṇa [sāman] with four nidhanas is the form of the fourth day. The Atharvans went upwards, like an eagle, to the heavenly world. They did not establish themselves firmly there. They desired: “May we stand firm in the heavenly world.” They saw this sāman. They praised with it. Thereupon they stood firm in the heavenly world. That [sāman] has four nidhanas for firm standing; for they say: “As if with four feet, one stood firmly.” That is well-established, this heavenly sāman of firm standing. He who knows thus goes to the heavenly world, he stands firm in the heavenly world. And that is a healing, an expiation. As it were, they make an Atharvan healing; through this they make a healing and an expiation. It is unthwarted; from the unthwarted indeed offspring and cattle are generated. Unthwarted is the form of this Vairāja day; thereby it is endowed with its proper form. Because the Atharvans saw it, therefore it is called the Ātharvaṇa with four nidhanas.
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Now the Vairāja [sāman] whose nidhana is desire.
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Thus indeed is the virāj: neither having a svāra, nor having a nidhana, nor having an iḷā, nor having an equal verse-quarter.
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Its nidhana is speech.
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Speech is the virāj, just for taking hold of the virāj.
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They directly take hold of the virāj by this.
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Of this very [sāman], desires are in the nidhana.
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Whatever desire he might desire, he should meditate upon it when weaving into the nidhana of this [sāman].
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That desire is fulfilled for him.
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Because desires are in its nidhana, therefore it is called the Vairāja whose nidhana is desire.
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The gods, desiring heaven, performed asceticism.
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They saw this sāman.
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They praised with it.
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Thereupon they attained the heavenly world.
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This is a heavenly sāman.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit