Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.100
English (machine translation) 2-3.100
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2-3.100
He brought it forth;
he sacrificed with it;
then indeed the gods revered him.
Moreover, the Pañcālas did not revere Darbha Śātānīki, although he was king.
Even young boys used to call him, saying: "Darbha, Darbha!"
Now he had these two Brahmins: Ahīnā Āśvatthi and Keśī Sātyakāmi.
They both came to him.
He sat in deep reflection.
They said to him:
"What is the nobleman brooding over?"
He said: "Indeed, I have cause to brood.
These Pañcālas do not revere me, although I am king; even the boys call me, saying, 'Darbha, Darbha!'
That is what I am brooding over."
They both said to him: "There is this sacrificial rite called the Apaciti. Let us two sacrifice with it for you."
[He said:] "So be it."
They performed the sacrifice for him with it.
He attained such great reverence among them that even today the Pañcālas call darbha grass nothing other than kuśa.
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Now of this [sacrifice], the morning pressing corresponds to the Gāyatrī, the midday pressing to the Triṣṭubh,
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[and] the third pressing to the Jagatī.
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As to why the morning pressing corresponds to the Gāyatrī: the Gāyatrī has eight syllables, and there are eight Vasus; by that very meter, the Gāyatrī,
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Prajāpati and Indra attained reverence among the Vasu gods at the morning pressing.
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