Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.79
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2-3.79
"Come with your two bay steeds!" is what he thereby says to him. Breath and out-breath are his two bay steeds, for these two carry off (harataḥ) all this; and day and night are his two bay steeds, for these two carry off all this. 'Ram of Medhātithi!' Having become the ram of Medhātithi, he drank the King [Soma]. 'Menā of Vṛṣaṇaśva!' Having become the Menā of Vṛṣaṇaśva, the bounteous one dwelt in the house. 'Leaper on the gaur-antelope!' Then having become a gaur-antelope, he leaped down upon the ocean. 'Lover of Ahalyā!' He was the lover of Ahalyā Maitreyī. 'Kauśika Brahmin, calling yourself Kauśika!' When the great battle with the Asuras was joined, he rejected the Vedas; he learned them from Viśvāmitra; thence he was called a Kauśika. Now some invoke: 'Kauśika Brahmin, calling yourself Gautama—'
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—but that was devised by Āruṇi alone who possessed fame.
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Therefore one should not go after that.
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Therefore one should invoke only: 'Kauśika Brahmin, calling yourself Kauśika!'
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'Gods, Brahmins, come, come!'—thereby they address both the gods and the Brahmins.
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Having been addressed, they seek benevolence for him.
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Therefore, having addressed them, he should not err, lest one blame him.
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On this they say: 'In what meter is the Subrahmaṇyā formula?'
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He should say: 'In the Triṣṭubh meter.'
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"For the Triṣṭubh belongs to Indra (ṣandrī)."
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On this they say: 'To what deity is the Subrahmaṇyā formula dedicated?'
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He should say: 'It belongs to Indra.'
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"For with it he invokes Indra."
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And he might also say: 'It belongs to the All-Gods.'
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"For with it he invokes all the gods."
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On this they say: 'Since other priestly duties have chants (stotra) and recitations (śastra), where is the chant for the Subrahmaṇyā priest, and where
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the recitation?'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit